13.3% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Booker Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Booker Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of unpaid childcare set Booker Bay apart from the rest of the state. While few people here provide unpaid care for children, a higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.3% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and sits roughly in line with the New South Wales and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 11.4% of residents provide unpaid care, with the rate of those caring for children being well below the national figure. However, the 23.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is a little above the state and national averages.
11.4% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.5% ▲ +12.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 23.1%
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.
A higher proportion of people in Booker Bay have served in the Defence Force than in most other areas, at 3.9%, which is a little above the New South Wales and Australian figures.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Booker Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10475/booker-bay/topic/community