72.4% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 56.5%
- 2021: 72.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boolite · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boolite
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has reached an extraordinary level in Boolite, where a huge 72.4% of people volunteer. This is far above the national figure and marks the area as one of the most active for volunteering in the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
An incredible 72.4% of residents volunteer, a rate far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 34.5% of people providing care, which is far above the national figure of 11.9%. This includes 27.6% who care for children and 24.1% who do 15 or more hours of housework a week.
34.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.8%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 24.1%
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 residents reported serving in the Defence Force, a figure that 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 Boolite [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20291/boolite/topic/community