23.1% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 51.4%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bowgada · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bowgada
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
High levels of community support define Bowgada, where nearly a quarter of residents volunteer their time. This spirit of helping others extends into the home, with far more people providing unpaid care and looking after children than is typical across Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.1% of people giving their time, a figure well above both the Western Australian and national averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very high in Bowgada, where 23.1% of people provide this support and 38.5% look after children—both figures far above the state and national levels. Additionally, 23.1% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is a little above the Australian figure.
23.1% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.5% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 23.1%
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 Bowgada reported serving in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for Western Australia and 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 Bowgada [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50166/bowgada/topic/community