43.8% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.8%
- 2021: 43.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boxwood Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boxwood Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people contribute their time to others in Boxwood Hill compared to the rest of the country. Nearly 44% of residents volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This strong trend of community involvement extends into high rates of unpaid childcare and house work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 43.8% of people helping out, a figure 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 local life, with 40.6% of people caring for children and 34.4% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both far above national levels. However, the 9.4% of people providing other unpaid care is a little below the Australian figure of 11.9%.
9.4% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.6% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.0%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.4% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 34.4%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than elsewhere, with 10.9% of people having served, well above the state figure of 2.9%.
10.9%
Higher than 98% 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 Boxwood Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50167/boxwood-hill/topic/community