16.2% ▼ -0.4%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bouvard · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bouvard
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Bouvard do heavy unpaid housework than in other parts of the state. While 32% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, other community roles like childcare are much less common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of people volunteer their time, which is similar to the Western Australian figure and a little above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A much higher proportion of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework than most other areas. This contrasts with unpaid childcare, which is well below both the state and national figures at 22.2%.
11.0% ▲ +50.0%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.2% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.0% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 32.0%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 4.7%, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the figures for Western Australia and Australia.
4.7%
Higher than 78% 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 Bouvard [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50161/bouvard/topic/community