17.3% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Broughton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Broughton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 17% of people in Broughton volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This reflects a strong a commitment to community work in a place where unpaid care and housework are also more common than usual. It is a region where residents frequently contribute their time to support others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.3% of people giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A higher than usual 29% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, well above the 20.7% national figure. Unpaid care for others is also a little above the national average at 14.1%, while 25% care for children unpaid.
14.1% ▲ +32.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -31.2%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.0% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 29.0%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most areas. Only 1.7% of residents have served, which is a little below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
1.7%
Lower than 61% 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 Broughton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30393/broughton/topic/community