13.7% ▼ -24.6%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bouldercombe · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Bouldercombe
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher proportion of people perform unpaid housework in Bouldercombe compared to the national figure. While 28.5% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on these chores, other forms of community contribution like volunteering have declined over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped since 2011, with 13.7% of people now helping out. This is lower than in most other similar areas, though it is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid domestic work is common here, as 28.5% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend sits alongside a slightly higher rate of people caring for children unpaid at 28.2%.
12.4% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.2% ▼ -25.6%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.9%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.5% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 28.5%
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 larger share of the population has served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas. At 4.4%, this is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.4%
Higher 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 Bouldercombe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321021/bouldercombe/topic/community