0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boorabbin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boorabbin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Hardly anyone in Boorabbin volunteers their time, but the area has a surprisingly strong history of military service. While few residents engage in typical community work, a high number of people here have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the lowest for similar areas at 0.0%. This is far below the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care in Boorabbin is a mixed story; while 14.6% of people provide unpaid care—which is well above the state's 10.7%—almost no one spends 15 or more hours a week on housework. Only 8.3% care for children unpaid, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%.
14.6% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.3% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Military service is common here, with 7.1% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the Australian figure of 2.8% and among the highest rates for similar areas.
7.1%
Higher than 89% 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 Boorabbin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50147/boorabbin/topic/community