29.2% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.0%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bo Peep · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bo Peep
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Bo Peep volunteer, a rate far higher than the national figure. This high level of community involvement is a standout feature of the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time to others than people in most other Australian towns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.2% of residents helping out. This is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia and the 13.3% for Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much more common than usual, with 33.3% of people providing this care. However, there are no residents reporting providing other unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, figures that are far below the state and national levels.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
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 Bo Peep [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20262/bo-peep/topic/community