23.6% ▼ -17.8%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bluff · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Bluff
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of residents in Bluff volunteer their time, which is a much higher rate than most other areas. This strong community spirit stands out, even though the number of volunteers has fallen slightly since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.6% of people volunteer here, which is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia. This is a decline from 2011, when the figure was 28.7%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people here perform unpaid care roles compared to most areas. For example, those caring for children unpaid fell 16 points since 2011 to 20.1%, a figure well below the national average of 26.3%.
9.0% ▼ -18.6%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.1% ▼ -44.3%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 21.1%
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 2.5%, this is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.5%
Lower than 77% 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 Bluff [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322016/bluff/topic/community