19.9% ▼ -46.2%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bombira · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bombira
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Bombira has remained active, with 19.9% of people volunteering. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. The area is also marked by a very high number of people providing unpaid care for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people volunteer here, which is well above both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 36.4% of people caring for children—a figure far above the national 26.3%. This is alongside 28.7% of residents doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
10.9% ▼ -34.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.4% ▲ +13.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.7% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 28.7%
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 people have served in the Defence Force here than in most similar areas, with 3.2% of the population having served.
3.2%
Higher than 60% 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 Bombira [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10456/bombira/topic/community