22.7% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boors Plain · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boors Plain
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local engagement in Boors Plain has remained steady, with a strong culture of volunteering defining the area. Nearly 23% of residents give their time to help others, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 22.7% of people helping out. This is well above the 17% seen in South Australia and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare here compared to the state and national figures, at just 15.9%. Meanwhile, 22.7% do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is a little above the national figure of 20.7%.
11.4% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.9% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 22.7%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force. This is well below the South Australian figure of 3.2%.
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 Boors Plain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40141/boors-plain/topic/community