20.1% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bolinda · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bolinda
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, 20.1% of people in Bolinda volunteer their time. This high level of community involvement defines the area, where residents are far more likely to give their time to others than those in the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About one in five people in Bolinda volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 18.2% of residents providing care—well above the 11.9% Australian figure. While 24.5% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, this is contrasted by a lower-than-usual 20.1% of people caring for children unpaid.
18.2% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.1% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 24.5%
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 Bolinda has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages.
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 Bolinda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20272/bolinda/topic/community