15.5% ▲ +42.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boodarie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boodarie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 34% of people in Boodarie provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above both the state and national averages. While few residents provide general unpaid care, this community has a higher proportion of former Defence Force members than most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.5% of people here volunteer, which is lower than in most other areas. This is roughly the same as the Western Australian figure and a little above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid child care is very common here, at 34.9%, which is much higher than most areas. However, the 5.4% of people providing other unpaid care is much lower than in most places and well below the national figure.
5.4% ▲ +35.5%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.9% ▲ +108.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% ▲ +200.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 20.2%
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 3.6% of people having served. This is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
3.6%
Higher than 66% 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 Boodarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50143/boodarie/topic/community