20.3% ▼ -19.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boyanup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boyanup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 20% of people in Boyanup volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community involvement is matched by a strong trend of residents providing unpaid care and support within their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.3% of residents giving their time, which is well above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high in the area, as 32.1% of people care for children and 28.6% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework. This is well above the state and national figures, while 14.7% of residents provide general unpaid care.
14.7% ▲ +53.4%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.1% ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 28.6%
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.
A higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.3% of residents having this experience.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Boyanup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50169/boyanup/topic/community