29.4% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boothendarra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boothendarra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Boothendarra volunteer their time, a figure that is far above the national average. This high level of community involvement stands out as a defining feature of the area's social life.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.4% of residents giving their time. This is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 32.4% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—far above the national figure—very few provide other types of care. Those caring for children unpaid (8.8%) and those providing general unpaid care (0.0%) are both far below the state and national averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.8% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.4% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 32.4%
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.
Defence service is uncommon in Boothendarra, where 0.0% of the population has served. This 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 Boothendarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50153/boothendarra/topic/community