18.2% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Borah Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Borah Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Borah Creek is sparsely populated, and while residents are more likely to volunteer than those in most of Australia, other forms of community care are almost non-existent. About 18.2% of people here volunteer, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Borah Creek, with 18.2% of residents helping out, a figure that is well above both the New South Wales and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is nearly absent here, with 0.0% of people providing care for children, doing significant housework, or assisting others. These figures are far below the state and national levels.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the rates seen across New South Wales and 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 Borah Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10506/borah-creek/topic/community