9.8% ▲ +0.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Botanic Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Botanic Ridge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 43.6% of people provide unpaid childcare in Botanic Ridge, one of the highest rates for any area at this level. While family care is very common, other types of community contribution are less frequent. This creates a distinct profile where home-based care dominates over wider community involvement.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.8% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This figure is well below both the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The rate of people caring for children unpaid is far above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, those providing other types of unpaid care sit at 11.4%, which is a little below the state average.
11.4% ▲ +37.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
43.6% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.8%
- 2016: 44.1%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 21.7%
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.
About 2.2% of people here have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia overall.
2.2%
Lower than 58% 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 Botanic Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20307/botanic-ridge/topic/community