10.4% ▼ -50.4%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boonooroo - Tuan · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Boonooroo - Tuan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in Boonooroo - Tuan (L) have dropped sharply since 2011, with only 10.4% of people now giving their time. This decline is part of a broader shift in how people spend their spare time in the area, where unpaid housework is very common but child care is rare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen by 11 percentage points since 2011. At 10.4%, this is well below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common here, with 32.3% of people doing over 15 hours a week, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. Conversely, those caring for children unpaid are among the lowest in the country at 12.4%.
13.9% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.4% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.3% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.4%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 32.3%
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 higher number of people have served in the Defence Force here than in most similar areas, with 5.5% of residents having served, compared to 2.8% nationally.
5.5%
Higher than 84% 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 Boonooroo - Tuan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322018/boonooroo-tuan/topic/community