18.8% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bowser · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bowser
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 38% of people in Bowser provide unpaid childcare, making it a place where family care is a major part of daily life. This high level of home-based support is paired with a strong volunteering rate that sits well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost 19% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above both the Victorian and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a huge priority here, with 37.5% of people caring for children unpaid and 31.3% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both far above national levels. In contrast, no one in the area provides other types of unpaid care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.5% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.3%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.3% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 31.3%
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 Bowser has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
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 Bowser [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20313/bowser/topic/community