18.6% ▼ -21.1%
Higher than 79% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boroondara · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Boroondara
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Boroondara have volunteered since 2011, but the area remains very active. About 18.6% of residents give their time to others, a figure that is well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most areas, although the rate fell 5.0 percentage points from 23.6% in 2011 to 18.6% in 2021.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others has risen to 14.3%, which is among the highest for this level. Meanwhile, around 26.5% of people provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is about the same as the national average.
14.3% ▲ +21.1%
Higher than 92% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 54% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 51% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 21.1%
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 1.6% of people in Boroondara have served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than in most similar areas.
1.6%
Lower than 85% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Boroondara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20701/boroondara/topic/community