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Box Hill - Nelson · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Community Participation in Box Hill - Nelson

How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.

A huge 43.1% of people in Box Hill - Nelson provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure. This high level of family care stands out in a place where other forms of community work and service are much less common.

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📍 Box Hill - Nelson, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Box Hill - Nelson sits — Volunteers

9.4% —

All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Box Hill - Nelson — lower than 86% of areas.

Box Hill - Nelson9.4%
2765, NSW 8.8%
New South Wales 13.0%
Australia 14.1%

Participation

Volunteering for organisations and groups.

Only 9.4% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below both the New South Wales and Australian averages.

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9.4% —

Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.

Unpaid care & work

Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.

While 25% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure, only 8% provide general unpaid care. This is among the lowest rates for this type of support across similar areas.

Defence service

People who served in the Australian Defence Force.

People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.1% of the population, which is a little below the national figure and much lower than most other areas.

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 Box Hill - Nelson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/115041623/box-hill-nelson/topic/community