20.6% ▼ -21.7%
Higher than 87% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bounded Locality · Section of State
Community Participation in Bounded Locality
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Bounded Locality volunteer, a figure well above the national average of 14.1%. This area shows high levels of community contribution, though the proportion of volunteers has fallen since 2011. It is also a place where many residents take on significant unpaid care roles at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.6% of people giving their time, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, this rate has fallen by 5.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life for many, with 25.7% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework—well above the national figure. While child care is slightly below the Australian average at 24.3%, the 14.5% of people providing unpaid care is among the highest for this area type.
14.5% ▲ +14.0%
Higher than 99% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.3% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 57% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 87% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 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.
About 3.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.5%
Higher than 55% of section of state 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 Bounded Locality [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS22/bounded-locality/topic/community