31.8% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 60.6%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Borderdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Borderdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 32% of people volunteer in Borderdale, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement is matched by a strong tendency for residents to take on unpaid family responsibilities.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 31.8% of residents giving their time, which is far above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life for many, as 36.4% of people care for children unpaid and another 36.4% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Both figures are far above the national average, though no one in the area provides other types of unpaid care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.4% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.4% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 36.4%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure 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 Borderdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50156/borderdale/topic/community