22.3% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boyanup · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Boyanup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a third of people in Boyanup provide unpaid childcare, marking the area's most significant community contribution. The town shows a high level of local engagement, with residents far more likely to volunteer or provide unpaid care than people in other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.3% of people helping out. This is well above the national figure of 14.1% and has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high in Boyanup, with 16.6% providing general care and 28.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. While 31.6% still care for children unpaid, this is 20 points lower than in 2011.
16.6% ▲ +21.4%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.6% ▼ -38.6%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 51.4%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.7% ▲ +20.4%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 28.7%
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 3.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
3.7%
Higher than 53% 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 Boyanup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521006/boyanup/topic/community