37.9% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.2%
- 2021: 37.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bolaro · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bolaro
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 38% of people in Bolaro volunteer, a rate that is among the highest for similar areas. This high level of community spirit stands in contrast to a very low number of people providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far more common here than across the rest of the country, with 37.9% of residents helping out compared to 14.1% nationally.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 31% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is far above the national figure, no one in the area provides unpaid care for others.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.7% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.0% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 31.0%
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.
No residents reported serving in the Defence Force, a figure slightly lower than the 2.8% national average.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 Bolaro [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10445/bolaro/topic/community