15.6% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bobs Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bobs Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Bobs Creek is marked by high rates of unpaid work. While volunteering is slightly above the national figure, a striking number of residents provide unpaid care and housework compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.6% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 20.8% of people providing unpaid care and 35.4% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly—both figures are far above the national averages. Around 25.0% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the state average.
20.8% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.4% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 35.4%
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, a figure that is a little below the New South Wales and Australian averages.
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 Bobs Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10427/bobs-creek/topic/community