17.1% ▲ +42.5%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boigu Island · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Boigu Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Boigu Island, where 17.1% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure and reflects a community that has become more active in supporting its own over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has risen by 5.1 percentage points since 2011, leaving Boigu Island well above the Queensland and Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, with 32.9% of people caring for children unpaid, a figure well above the national average. In contrast, those doing 15 or more hours of housework are far fewer than in most areas, falling to just 2.9% since 2011.
9.3% ▲ +40.3%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.9% ▲ +53.0%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
2.9% ▼ -77.3%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 2.9%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 8.8% of the population, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the 2.8% national figure.
8.8%
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 Boigu Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322017/boigu-island/topic/community