32.9% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bobinawarrah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bobinawarrah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people volunteer in Bobinawarrah than in the rest of the state, with 32.9% of the community giving their time. This strong local engagement stands out against a national figure of only 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About one in three people here volunteer, a result that is far above the Victorian rate of 13.3% and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While those providing unpaid care are about the same as the national figure at 12.2%, a far higher share of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly compared to the 20.1% across Victoria.
12.2% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.0% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.1% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 34.1%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
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 Bobinawarrah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20263/bobinawarrah/topic/community