18.1% ▼ -15.3%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Biloela · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Biloela
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 18% of people in Biloela volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. While local volunteering has dipped since 2011, the town remains more active in community work than most other parts of Queensland and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.1% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia and Queensland. This is a decrease from 2011, when 21.4% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is higher than in most areas at 27%, though this is about the same as the state and national figures. Other forms of unpaid work are less common, with only 9.3% providing general unpaid care and 20.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
9.3% ▲ +8.2%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.4% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 20.4%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 2.9%. This is a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9% and about the same as the national average.
2.9%
Lower than 68% of urban centre 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 Biloela [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314005/biloela/topic/community