11.6% ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bluewater Park · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Bluewater Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people volunteer in Bluewater Park compared to similar areas, though it is a place where unpaid family work is common. While only 11.6% of residents volunteer, nearly 37% provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas, with 11.6% of people helping out. This is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures and has fallen by 2.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common, with 36.7% of people helping out, a figure far above the national average that has risen since 2011. Around 26.9% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure.
12.0% ▼ -20.3%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.7% ▲ +34.8%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.9% ▼ -14.8%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 26.9%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is very common here, with 9.9% of people having served. This is among the highest rates at this level and sits well above both the Queensland and Australian figures.
9.9%
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 Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321019/bluewater-park/topic/community