6.8% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bombowlee Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bombowlee Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A significant gap exists between Bombowlee Creek and the rest of the state in how people contribute to their community. While only 6.8% of residents volunteer, the area has a very high rate of people providing unpaid care. This creates a local profile where private support for others is much more common than formal volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 6.8% of people taking part. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is very common, with 20.5% of people doing so, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. Meanwhile, 22.7% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, while 22.7% provide unpaid childcare, a rate well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
20.5% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.7% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 22.7%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10459/bombowlee-creek/topic/community