27.9% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boorcan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boorcan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people in Boorcan volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is seen across the area, with many residents taking on significant unpaid roles at home and in the community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.9% of people giving their time. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high in Boorcan, where 33.3% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is far above the national figure, alongside a much higher proportion of people providing unpaid care and looking after children.
15.3% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.0% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.3% ▲ +15.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 33.3%
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 area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.0% seen in Victoria and the 2.8% national average.
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 Boorcan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20294/boorcan/topic/community