13.2% ▼ -23.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Booral · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Booral
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Booral do a large amount of unpaid housework, a figure far above the national average. This reflects a community where residents are heavily involved in home and family care, though fewer engage in formal volunteering compared to most areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.2% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than in most similar areas and about the same as the state and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care roles are common here, with 28.1% of people looking after children unpaid. This is higher than most areas, alongside 14.9% providing other unpaid care and 30.9% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is far above the national figure.
14.9% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.1% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.9% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 30.9%
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.
The community has a strong history of military service, with 4.8% of people having served in the Defence Force, a rate much higher than most areas.
4.8%
Higher than 79% 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 Booral [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10494/booral/topic/community