16.3% —
Higher than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Box Hill (Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Box Hill (Eastern Metropolitan)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher volunteering rates than most similar areas mark Box Hill (Eastern Metropolitan), where 16.3% of people give their time to help others. While this is a little above the national figure, the number of volunteers has dropped significantly from 23.4% in 2016.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 16.3% of residents volunteer, which is higher than most areas and a little above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is lower than most areas at 24.5%, while the 12.8% of people providing general unpaid care is higher than in most similar places.
12.8% —
Higher than 65% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% —
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.8% —
Lower than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 19.8%
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.
Only 1.5% of people here have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is much lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 86% of state electorate 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 Box Hill (Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21001/box-hill/topic/community