33.9% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.5%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bookpurnong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bookpurnong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of people in Bookpurnong volunteer, which is far higher than the national rate. This community shows a strong tendency toward unpaid work, with more people providing care and volunteering than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 33.9% of people pitching in. This is far above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the own national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent in Bookpurnong, where 14.9% of people provide unpaid care and 28.9% look after children. This is higher than most areas, and 24.0% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is well above the Australian figure.
14.9% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.9% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 24.0%
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.
A slightly higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.1%, this is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 72% 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 Bookpurnong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40136/bookpurnong/topic/community