13.1% ▼ -47.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brooloo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brooloo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Brooloo do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework a week, which is well above the national figure. While few residents volunteer, the area has a high number of people providing unpaid care and a strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.1% of residents volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Queensland and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.6% of people providing care and 30.2% doing significant housework, both well above the national figures. However, the 16.8% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Queensland average.
15.6% ▲ +50.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.8% ▼ -40.6%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.2% ▼ -18.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.2%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 30.2%
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.
A higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 5.3% of residents having served, which is a little above the national figure.
5.3%
Higher than 83% 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 Brooloo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30391/brooloo/topic/community