16.5% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boorabee Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boorabee Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define Boorabee Park, where 16.5% of people provide this support. This is well above the national figure of 11.9%. Residents here are also more likely to volunteer and have served in the military than those in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Boorabee Park, with 16.5% of people giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the 22.3% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%, a high 16.5% of residents provide other forms of unpaid care. This is much higher than most similar areas.
16.5% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.3% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 22.3%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most areas. About 6.5% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
6.5%
Higher than 88% 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 Boorabee Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10492/boorabee-park/topic/community