12.4% ▼ -51.1%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boggabilla · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boggabilla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 16.9% of people in Boggabilla provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the national figure. This community shows lower levels of volunteer work and unpaid home duties compared to most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 12.4% of residents volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework and childcare are much less common here than in most areas, with only 16.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. General unpaid care is provided by 11.7% of people, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure.
11.7% ▼ -25.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.9% ▼ -62.1%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.6%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.2% ▼ -49.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 16.2%
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.
Defence Force veterans make up 1.0% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
1.0%
Lower than 67% 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 Boggabilla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10440/boggabilla/topic/community