16.8% ▼ -36.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boolarra South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boolarra South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of residents in Boolarra South do heavy housework compared to the rest of the state. While 32% of people spend 15 hours or more each week on unpaid chores, the area also sees a healthy level of community spirit with 16.8% of people volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.8% of people giving their time. This is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and a little above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 32% of people do significant unpaid housework—far above the 20.1% seen in Victoria—far fewer people here care for children unpaid (17.6%) compared to the state average of 26.3%. Those providing other types of unpaid care sit at 11.2%, which is a little below the state figure.
11.2% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.6% ▼ -21.1%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.0% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 32.0%
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.
About 3.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Victorian rate of 2.0% and about the same as the Australian average.
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 Boolarra South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20289/boolarra-south/topic/community