16.5% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Broome · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Broome
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have been volunteering in Broome since 2011, with the rate falling from 18.1% to 16.5%. While community spirit remains, the area shows much lower rates of unpaid care and housework than most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.5% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and roughly the same as the Western Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 27.3% of residents provide unpaid childcare—a figure higher than most areas—those doing 15 or more hours of housework (16.0%) and those providing other unpaid care (7.5%) are well below the national figures.
7.5% ▲ +0.5%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 70% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.0% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 16.0%
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 2.2% of people in Broome have served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most other similar areas.
2.2%
Lower than 74% of council (lga) 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 Broome [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA50980/broome/topic/community