17.5% ▼ -23.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
North Boyanup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in North Boyanup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in North Boyanup spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. This high level of domestic work stands out against the wider region, though the area also shows a strong spirit of volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.5% of residents giving their time. This is a little above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 25.7% of people do significant unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—far fewer care for children unpaid compared to the rest of the state. About 11.1% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the Australian average.
11.1% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.9% ▼ -16.8%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% ▼ -23.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 25.7%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force. At 1.5%, this is lower than most areas and a little below both the state and national figures.
1.5%
Lower than 63% 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 North Boyanup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51132/north-boyanup/topic/community