19.5% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bobin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bobin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people do heavy housework in Bobin than in the rest of the country. This community shows a strong tendency toward unpaid work, with many residents contributing their time to both home and volunteer activities.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people, or 19.5%, volunteer their time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 16.3% of people providing care and 41.5% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, which is far above the national figure. However, the 17.9% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
16.3% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.9% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
41.5% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 41.5%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 Bobin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10426/bobin/topic/community