6.7% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
ACT Remainder - Booth · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in ACT Remainder - Booth
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in ACT Remainder - Booth has seen a distinct shift since 2011. While 15.6% of residents provide unpaid care—a figure well above the national average—very few people in the area volunteer for community groups.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.7% of people volunteer here, which is among the lowest for similar areas and far below the ACT figure of 18.4%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is common, with 15.6% of people providing unpaid care, well above the national figure of 11.9%. However, only 8.9% spend 15 or more hours on housework, which is far below the 20.7% seen across Australia.
15.6% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.7% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
8.9% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 8.9%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 ACT Remainder - Booth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80002/act-remainder-booth/topic/community