Volunteering is high in the Boyne Valley with 79 people (32 per cent) aged 15 years and over providing volunteer services. This compares to 16.2 per cent for the Gladstone Region.  One quarter of the overall Boyne Valley population volunteer.

The number of volunteers has decreased over time, being 30.2 per cent of the population (97 people) in 2011 compared to 92 (32.9 per cent) in 2016 and 79 people (31.8 per cent) in 2021.

The age of volunteers is increasing, since 2011 the proportion of volunteers that are 55 and over has increased by 47 per cent while the proportion of the volunteers aged under 54 has decreased by 58.7 per cent.