16.3% ▼ -20.6%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Box Hill South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Box Hill South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Box Hill South provide unpaid childcare, which is a higher rate than most similar areas. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others, with volunteer rates sitting slightly above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.3% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little above both the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 27.2% of people provide unpaid childcare, only 19.3% spend 15 or more hours on housework, a figure that is much lower than most areas. Overall, 13.5% of the population provides some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the national level.
13.5% ▲ +18.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.2% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 19.3%
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.
Only 1.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and a little below the 2.8% national average.
1.2%
Lower than 66% 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 Box Hill South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20316/box-hill-south/topic/community