8.8% ▼ -40.7%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bombo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bombo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 8.8% of people in Bombo volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This low level of community involvement is mirrored in unpaid care and housework, where Bombo sits well below both the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas, with only 8.8% of residents pitching in, compared to 13% across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon in Bombo, as only 5.4% of people provide this support—well below the national figure of 11.9%. Similarly, those caring for children unpaid (20.9%) and doing significant housework (19.6%) are both lower than the state and national averages.
5.4% ▲ —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.9% ▼ -37.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.6% ▼ -43.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 36.8%
- 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.
About 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.8%
Higher than 53% 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 Bombo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10457/bombo/topic/community