16.0% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bookara · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bookara
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care in Bookara than in most other areas. Only 4.8% of residents provide this support, which is well below the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16% of people here volunteer, a figure that is lower than most similar areas but slightly above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 18.4% of people caring for children unpaid, well below the 28.5% seen across Western Australia. Similarly, only 18.4% do 15 or more hours of housework and 4.8% provide unpaid care, both of which are well below national levels.
4.8% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.4% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.4% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 18.4%
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.
Around 2.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Bookara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50145/bookara/topic/community