23.4% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boyup Brook · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Boyup Brook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Boyup Brook (L) give their time to volunteering, showing a strong local commitment to community work. While volunteer rates have dipped slightly since 2011, they remain well above both the state and national figures. Daily life here involves a high level of unpaid activity, from home duties to supporting others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.4% of residents helping out, which is much higher than most areas. This figure is well above the national average of 14.1%, though it has fallen 2.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is more frequent than usual, with 25.3% of people doing 15 or more hours a week. In contrast, the share of people caring for children unpaid is much lower than most areas at 19.4%, while those providing other unpaid care rose to 12.7% since 2011.
12.7% ▲ +62.1%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.4% ▼ -38.3%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.3% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 25.3%
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.
A slightly higher number of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to other areas. At 4.4%, this is a little above the Western Australian figure of 2.9% and the national figure of 2.8%.
4.4%
Higher than 69% 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 Boyup Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521007/boyup-brook/topic/community