18.4% ▼ -23.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boundary Bend · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boundary Bend
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines Boundary Bend, where 18.4% of residents give their time to help others. This is well above the national figure. While community involvement is high, the area has far fewer people providing unpaid care compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.4% of people in Boundary Bend volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 8.8% of people providing care and just 13.2% caring for children. However, 22.1% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is a little above the national figure of 20.7%.
8.8% ▼ -30.1%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.2% ▼ -50.7%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.1% ▼ -19.4%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 22.1%
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.
Around 2.3% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as both the state and national averages.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Boundary Bend [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20308/boundary-bend/topic/community