8.8% ▼ -57.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bromelton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bromelton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer than 9% of people in Bromelton volunteer, which is well below the national figure. This gap highlights a low level of formal community participation and a lack of former defence force members compared to most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.8% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is much lower than most areas and well below the Queensland average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While unpaid care for children is well below the national figure at 20.4%, those doing 15 or more hours of housework each week are much more common here than in most areas, reaching 28.3%. General unpaid care is provided by 10.6% of people, which is a little below the Australian average.
10.6% ▲ +13.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.4% ▼ -40.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.3% ▼ -23.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.8%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 28.3%
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 Bromelton has served in the Defence Force, leaving the area well below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
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 Bromelton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30385/bromelton/topic/community