30.5% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bolgart · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bolgart
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Bolgart volunteer their time, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community involvement stands out as the most striking feature of the area's social participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 30.5% of residents giving their time. This is far above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people provide unpaid care in Bolgart compared to most areas. Only 15.3% care for children unpaid, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while 7.6% provide other types of unpaid care.
7.6% ▼ -45.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.3% ▼ -53.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▼ -25.7%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 22.0%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.4% of residents having served. This is about the same as the 2.9% across Western Australia.
3.4%
Higher than 63% 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 Bolgart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50140/bolgart/topic/community