19.5% ▼ -17.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bombowlee · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bombowlee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost one in three people in Bombowlee do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week. This is a much higher rate than most other areas. The community also shows a strong commitment to helping others through volunteering and care work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.5% of people giving their time. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to the state and national figures, 15.6% of residents provide other types of unpaid care, which is much higher than most areas. This aligns with the high rate of people doing significant unpaid housework.
15.6% ▲ +15.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.3% ▼ -42.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.1% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 31.1%
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 service is more common in Bombowlee than in most areas, with 4.3% of people having served. This is a little above both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
4.3%
Higher than 75% 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 Bombowlee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10458/bombowlee/topic/community