27.9% ▼ -24.0%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.7%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boyup Brook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boyup Brook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people volunteer in Boyup Brook compared to the rest of the country. About 27.9% of residents give their time to others, which is 14 percentage points above the national figure. This strong community spirit is matched by a high number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 28% of residents are volunteers, a figure that is far above both the Western Australian and national averages. This level of participation is much higher than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While fewer people provide unpaid childcare here than in most areas, 26.7% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure. Around 11.9% provide some form of unpaid care, about the same as the Australian average.
11.9% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.2% ▼ -16.4%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.7% ▼ -10.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 26.7%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.3% of the population. This is a little above the state and national figures and is much higher than in most similar areas.
4.3%
Higher than 75% 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 Boyup Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50172/boyup-brook/topic/community