24.2% ▼ -15.3%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boreen Point · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Boreen Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in four people in Boreen Point volunteer their time, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit exists alongside a strong tendency for residents to take on unpaid care and household work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 24.2% of people helping out, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia. However, this figure has fallen by 4.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent, with 31.4% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on housework and 16.4% providing unpaid care, both of which are well above national levels. In contrast, only 12.3% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is far below the state and national figures.
16.4% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.3% ▼ -50.1%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.4% ▼ -13.2%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 31.4%
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.
About 3.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is roughly the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.5%
Lower than 52% 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 Boreen Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322019/boreen-point/topic/community