29.8% ▼ -32.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.4%
- 2016: 40.3%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boort · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boort
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Boort volunteer their time, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community involvement stands out as the defining feature of local participation. While few residents provide unpaid childcare, others step up to care for the elderly or disabled.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.8% of residents helping out. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much lower than most areas at 19.5%, yet 14.4% of people provide other types of unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure of 11.9%. About 21.9% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
14.4% ▲ +17.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.5% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% ▼ -24.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 21.9%
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 more common in Boort than in most similar areas, with 3.3% of people having served. This is a little above the Victorian figure of 2.0%.
3.3%
Higher than 60% 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 Boort [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20300/boort/topic/community