22.0% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boonal · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boonal
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people pitch in to help others in Boonal than in most similar areas. About 41.5% of residents provide unpaid childcare, and a high number of people volunteer their time to the community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22% of people helping out. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus, as 41.5% of people provide unpaid care for children, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. While 26.8% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework—well above the national 20.7%—only 9.8% provide other types of unpaid care, which is a little below the Australian average.
9.8% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
41.5% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 41.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.8% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 26.8%
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.
Almost no one in the area has served in the Defence Force. At 0.0%, this is lower than most areas and a little below 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 Boonal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10490/boonal/topic/community