23.6% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Borung · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Borung
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Borung contribute their time to others than in most similar areas. Nearly a quarter of the population volunteers, while the rate of unpaid care is far above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.6% of residents giving their time. This is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and well above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 25.5% of people provide unpaid care—a rate far above the national figure—very few are caring for children (14.5%) or spending 15 or more hours a week on housework (7.3%).
25.5% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.5% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
7.3% —
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 7.3%
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 state and national figures.
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 Borung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20305/borung/topic/community