41.7% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 71.0%
- 2021: 41.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bokal · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bokal
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
An impressive 41.7% of people volunteer in Bokal, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement stands out as the defining feature of the area's social participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Bokal are among the highest for similar areas, sitting 28 points higher than the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 8.3% of people providing care. This is well below the national figure of 11.9%, and the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is also a little below the national average.
8.3% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 19.4%
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.
No one in Bokal has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
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 Bokal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50139/bokal/topic/community