25.5% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boynewood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boynewood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines daily life in Boynewood. About 25.5% of people here volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community help stands out despite much lower rates of unpaid care and housework compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25.5% of residents giving their time. This is 11 percentage points higher than in both Queensland and Australia, and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less common here than elsewhere. Only 4.5% of people provide unpaid care, and those doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly (15.5%) are well below the national figure of 20.7%.
4.5% ▼ -50.8%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.8% ▼ -15.8%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.5% ▼ -40.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
No one in Boynewood has served in the Defence Force. This is well below the Queensland rate of 3.9% and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Boynewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30350/boynewood/topic/community