17.8% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boneo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boneo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in Boneo have grown since 2011, with 17.8% of people now giving their time to help others. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. The area also shows a strong trend of residents providing unpaid care and support at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 17.8% of residents in Boneo volunteer, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.3% of people providing care and 27.4% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above the national figures. About 26.7% of people also care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
15.3% ▲ +20.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.7% ▲ +13.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.4% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 27.4%
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.
Defence service is slightly more common in Boneo than in the rest of the state, with 3.2% of people having served in the Defence Force.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Boneo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20280/boneo/topic/community