9.7% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Borden · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Borden
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Borden than in most other similar areas. While 22.6% of residents give unpaid care, this is far above the national figure of 11.9%. However, the community is much less likely to volunteer than other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.7% of people in Borden volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 22.6% of residents provide unpaid care, a rate far above the state and national figures. This is alongside 29% of people caring for children unpaid, which is higher than most areas, though only 16.1% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
22.6% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.0% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.1% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 16.1%
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.
No one in Borden has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
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 Borden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50155/borden/topic/community