20.7% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Booragoon · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Booragoon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Booragoon volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong presence of people providing unpaid care and support for others in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.7% of residents volunteer, a rate that is much higher than most other areas. This figure has stayed steady since 2011 and sits well above the Western Australian average of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 30.6% of people caring for children, a figure that has risen since 2011. This is higher than the national average, while 13% of residents provide other types of unpaid care and 22.3% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
13.0% ▲ +24.6%
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.6% ▲ +15.7%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 22.3%
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.
Around 2.6% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
2.6%
Lower than 56% 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 Booragoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/507041178/booragoon/topic/community