22.8% ▼ -9.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bolwarra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bolwarra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 23% of people in Bolwarra volunteer, which is well above the Victorian and national figures. This high level of community involvement is a standout feature for the area, where residents contribute significantly more to unpaid work and local service than people in most other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A strong 22.8% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 29.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%. This high level of home support sits alongside a higher-than-average 13.8% of residents providing unpaid care.
13.8% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.8% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 29.8%
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.
About 2.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2% recorded across Victoria.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Bolwarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20274/bolwarra/topic/community