15.0% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boorook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boorook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Boorook participate in unpaid care and community work compared to most similar areas. While 15% of residents volunteer, the area stands out for having far fewer people providing unpaid care than the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15% of people here are volunteers, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13% and roughly the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than elsewhere, with 0% of residents providing unpaid care compared to 11.9% nationally. This is consistent with lower rates of people caring for children unpaid, at 20%, which is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.0% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.2%
- 2021: 20.0%
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 uncommon in the area, with 0% of people having served, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.
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 Boorook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10498/boorook/topic/community