16.1% ▼ -27.7%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bolwarra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bolwarra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 32% of people in Bolwarra provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This highlights a community where a large number of residents are heavily involved in caring for family and home life. While volunteering is lower than in many similar areas, it remains higher than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.1% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the Australian figure of 14.1% and well above New South Wales at 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care roles are very common here, with 32.2% of people caring for children unpaid and 27.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework—both figures well above the state and national averages. This is consistent with 13.1% of the population providing some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure.
13.1% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.2% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.8% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 27.8%
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.
Around 2.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.5%
Lower than 52% 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 Bolwarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10449/bolwarra/topic/community