10.7% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bornes Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bornes Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of people in Bornes Hill provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is well above both the Victorian and national averages. This high rate of family care stands in contrast to other forms of community involvement, such as volunteering, which is much lower here than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.7% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 35.7% of people care for children unpaid, no one in the area reported providing other unpaid care or spending 15 or more hours on housework. These last two figures are far below the state and national averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.7% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
A high 12.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is far above the Victorian average of 2.0%.
12.0%
Higher 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 Bornes Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20303/bornes-hill/topic/community