28.6% ▼ -21.9%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bookaar · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bookaar
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Bookaar volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community spirit is a standout feature of the area. Other indicators show a mix of lower childcare roles but higher rates of general unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.6% of residents helping out. This is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the 18.0% of people providing unpaid care is well above the national figure, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is well below both the state and national averages at 22.6%.
18.0% ▲ +146.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.6% ▼ -27.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.5% ▼ -36.6%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 19.5%
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 Bookaar has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
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 Bookaar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20285/bookaar/topic/community