11.5% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bow Bridge · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bow Bridge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Bow Bridge involves a high level of unpaid work, as 16.4% of residents provide unpaid care. This is well above the national figure, reflecting a community where many people support others at home. While care roles are common, other forms of community service are less frequent.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most areas. Only 11.5% of people volunteer, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is very common, with 16.4% of people doing so, well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is consistent with 26.2% of residents spending 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a rate well above both the state and nation.
16.4% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 26.2%
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.
No one in Bow Bridge has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia and the 2.9% in Western 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 Bow Bridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50163/bow-bridge/topic/community