12.1% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer than 13% of people in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga volunteer, a figure that has fallen since 2011. While some residents step up for the community, others are more occupied with home life, with a higher-than-usual number of people spending significant time on housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 12.1% of the population volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%. This rate has fallen by 2.5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A typical 23.5% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is a little above the national figure. Meanwhile, 23.6% of people care for children unpaid—a little below the Australian average—and unpaid care for others is about the same as the rest of the country at 12.0%.
12.0% ▼ -1.6%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.6% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 23.5%
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 2.9% of the community have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.9%
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/102011040/umina-booker-bay-patonga/topic/community