14.6% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bolwarrah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bolwarrah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Bolwarrah volunteer or care for children compared to most similar areas. While 14.6% of the community gives their time as volunteers, a striking 17.1% provide unpaid care, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Bolwarrah sit at 14.6%, which is lower than most similar areas but a little above the Victorian average of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 17.1% of people providing care, well above the national figure of 11.9%. However, those caring for children unpaid are much fewer than in most areas, at 19.5%, which is well below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
17.1% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.5% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 22.0%
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 community reported serving in the Defence Force, a result that is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Bolwarrah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20275/bolwarrah/topic/community