28.7% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Broxburn · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Broxburn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Broxburn volunteer their time, making it a place where community contribution is far more common than in most other areas. This high level of local engagement is reflected in the way residents handle unpaid work and family care at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.7% of residents helping out. This is far above the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a major part of daily life, as 36.2% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid chores a week, far above the national figure of 20.7%. While 29.8% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the state average, only 5.3% provide other types of unpaid care, a figure well below the national average of 11.9%.
5.3% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.8% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.2% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 36.2%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Queensland average 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 Broxburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30396/broxburn/topic/community