8.8% ▼ -24.8%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boronia Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boronia Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A gap of over 5 percentage points separates Boronia Heights from the national average for volunteering. While nearly 30% of people provide unpaid childcare, overall community involvement in formal volunteer roles is well below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.8% of people here volunteer their time, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common, with 29.3% of residents providing this care, which is a little above the national average. However, 11.9% provide other unpaid care, and 19.1% do 15 or more hours of housework, a figure that is much lower than most areas.
11.9% ▲ +20.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% ▼ -9.6%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 19.1%
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.
Defence service is recorded for 2.7% of the population, which is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
2.7%
Higher than 50% 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 Boronia Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30336/boronia-heights/topic/community