19.9% ▼ -24.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boorowa · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boorowa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Boorowa volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community involvement defines the area's social spirit. While volunteering is common, fewer people here are providing unpaid childcare compared to the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.9% of residents are volunteers, which is well above the 13% seen in New South Wales and the 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much less common here than elsewhere, with only 20.3% of people providing it. Meanwhile, 13% of the population provides some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure of 11.9%.
13.0% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.3% ▼ -17.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 20.9%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for its level, with 2.6% of people having served, which is about the same as the New South Wales and Australian figures.
2.6%
Higher than 50% 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 Boorowa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10501/boorowa/topic/community