17.4% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boomi · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boomi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of giving defines Boomi, where 17.4% of residents volunteer. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%, marking it as a place where people are more likely to contribute their time than those in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.4% of people helping out, which is well above both the New South Wales and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common than in most areas, especially for children, where the 15.1% rate is far below the national figure. Similarly, only 18.0% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, which is well below the state average.
11.0% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.1% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.0% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 18.0%
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 less common here than in most areas, with 1.8% of residents having served, a figure slightly below the national average.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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 Boomi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10487/boomi/topic/community