23.6% ▲ +14.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boya · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boya
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community engagement has remained a strong feature of Boya, where volunteering and unpaid care are far more common than in other areas. Nearly a quarter of residents give their time to volunteer, and over 32% provide unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 23.6% of people helping out. This is well above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus, as 32.8% of people care for children unpaid, which is much higher than most areas. Similarly, 26.4% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, though the 11.8% who provide other types of unpaid care is lower than in most areas.
11.8% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.8% ▲ +11.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.4% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 26.4%
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.
The area has a strong military connection, with 4.6% of residents having served in the Defence Force. This is much higher than most areas and slightly above the 2.8% national figure.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Boya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50168/boya/topic/community