9.6% ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bluewater · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Bluewater
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 34% of people in Bluewater provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This high level of family support defines the local community, though it contrasts with a relatively low rate of formal volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.6% of residents volunteer, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia. This rate has fallen by 3.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is very common here, with 18.4% of people doing so. This includes a much higher than average 34.6% caring for children, while 26.5% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
18.4% ▲ +115.3%
Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.6% ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.5% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 26.5%
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 high proportion of the community has a military background, with 9.2% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the national figure of 2.8%.
9.2%
Higher than 99% 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 Bluewater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321018/bluewater/topic/community