12.6% ▼ -28.3%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Box Hill · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Box Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Box Hill spend their spare time on unpaid care or community work than in most other areas. Only 12.6% of residents volunteer, which is a little below the national figure and a notable drop from 17.6% in 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates have fallen by 5.0 percentage points since 2011. At 12.6%, this is lower than most areas and about the same as the Victorian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in most areas. Only 19.5% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the 26.3% seen across Australia, and just 9.9% provide any form of unpaid care.
9.9% ▲ +1.8%
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.5% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.9% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 15.9%
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.
Only 1.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is much lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.0%
Lower than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Box Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/207031163/box-hill/topic/community