20.4% ▼ -23.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bombala · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bombala
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a fifth of people in Bombala give their time as volunteers, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community involvement stands out as the most striking feature of local participation. The area also sees a higher rate of former Defence Force members than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.4% of the population volunteer, a figure that is well above both the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 22.8% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, those caring for children unpaid (23.3%) are well below the national figure of 26.3%. Unpaid care for others is about the same as the state and national rates at 11.0%.
11.0% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -10.6%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 22.8%
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.
A higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.6% of the population having served, which is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.6%
Higher than 66% 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 Bombala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10454/bombala/topic/community