23.6% ▲ +31.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boddington · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boddington
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Boddington volunteer their time, which is a much higher rate than across the rest of the state. This community shows a strong spirit of giving, with high levels of unpaid work and a higher-than-average number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.6% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above the Western Australian rate of 15.9% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 25.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. About 28.9% provide unpaid childcare, which is a little above the Australian average.
10.9% ▲ +71.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.9% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.4% ▲ +35.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 25.4%
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 higher proportion of people in Boddington have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, sitting at 3.4%.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Boddington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50137/boddington/topic/community