17.0% ▼ -39.0%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boorooma · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boorooma
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid childcare in Boorooma than in the rest of the state. This community shows high levels of involvement, with 37.7% of residents caring for children unpaid and a strong presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17% of people here volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13%. This puts the area around the middle compared to similar locations.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 37.7% of residents provide unpaid childcare—far above the national figure of 26.3%—other types of unpaid work are less common. Those doing 15 or more hours of housework (18.9%) and those providing general unpaid care (9.8%) are both a little below the state and national averages.
9.8% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.7% ▲ +86.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.9% ▼ -18.3%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 18.9%
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.
A much higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.6%, this is a little above the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Boorooma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10499/boorooma/topic/community