19.3% ▼ -31.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boggabri · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boggabri
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Boggabri volunteer their time, making it a place where community help is much more common than across the state. This strong spirit of volunteering stands out as the most prominent feature of local participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.3% of people volunteer here, which is well 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.
Fewer people provide unpaid care for children (21.9%) or do over 15 hours of housework (19.6%) compared to most areas. Those providing general unpaid care make up 11.9% of the population, which is about the same as the national figure.
11.9% ▲ +7.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.9% ▼ -22.3%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.6% ▼ -24.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 19.6%
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 2.3% of the population, a figure that is about the same as both New South Wales and the rest of Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 55% 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 Boggabri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10441/boggabri/topic/community