11.4% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Booyong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Booyong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local involvement has shifted in Booyong, where unpaid care for others is now much more common than in most other areas. While 15.7% of residents provide unpaid care, volunteering remains low at 11.4%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.4% of people in Booyong volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.7% of people providing care—well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is despite the fact that people caring for children unpaid (21.4%) is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
15.7% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.4% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 25.7%
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.
No one in Booyong reported serving in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
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 Booyong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10504/booyong/topic/community