23.5% ▼ -25.5%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bordertown · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Bordertown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, 23.5% of people in Bordertown volunteer their time. This strong level of local contribution stands out against the rest of the country, even though the rate of volunteering has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.5% of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%, though it has dropped 8.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 9.3% of people providing care. Similarly, the 18.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is a little below the national figure and has fallen since 2011.
9.3% ▼ -9.6%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.7% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.6% ▼ -29.3%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 18.6%
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 2.2% of the population. This is much lower than most areas and sits a little below the South Australian figure of 3.2%.
2.2%
Lower than 83% of urban centre 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 Bordertown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415007/bordertown/topic/community