8.9% ▼ -25.2%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boulder · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boulder
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 25% of people in Boulder provide unpaid childcare, though this is the most common way residents contribute to their community. Other forms of unpaid work and volunteering are much less common here than in the rest of the country. This suggests a community where unpaid support is focused primarily on the family.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon in Boulder, with only 8.9% of people helping out. This is well below the national figure of 14.1% and the Western Australian rate of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is low across the board; only 7.6% of people provide unpaid care and 16.2% do a significant amount of housework, both of which are much lower than most areas. While 24.8% provide unpaid childcare, this is still well below the Western Australian figure.
7.6% ▲ +22.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.8% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.2% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 16.2%
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 typical for this area, with 2.8% of people having served. This is about the same as both the state and national figures.
2.8%
Higher than 53% 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 Boulder [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50159/boulder/topic/community