27.6% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Broadwater · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Broadwater
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people give their time to others in Broadwater compared to the rest of the state. Nearly 28% of residents volunteer, which is more than double the national figure. This strong spirit of helping extends into the home and the wider community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.6% of people pitching in. This is far above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Residents are much more likely to provide unpaid support than people in other areas. This includes 16.1% who provide unpaid care and 33.9% who do over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are far above the national figure of 20.7%. Additionally, 29.5% of people care for children unpaid, which is well above the Australian average.
16.1% ▲ +15.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.5% ▲ +19.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.9% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 33.9%
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.
About 3.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is a higher rate than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Broadwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30383/broadwater/topic/community