34.2% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boho South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boho South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Boho South volunteer, reflecting a community with a very high level of local activity. This spirit of helping others extends into the home, where residents carry out far more unpaid care and housework than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 34.2% of people helping out. This is far above the figures for Victoria (13.3%) and Australia (14.1%).
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life for many, as 38.4% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly—far above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with a high rate of people providing unpaid care (20.5%), which is well above the Australian average of 11.9%.
20.5% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
38.4% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 38.4%
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.
A higher than usual 4.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the rates for both Victoria and Australia.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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 Boho South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20267/boho-south/topic/community