27.0% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boree · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boree
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 27% of people in Boree volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This level of community involvement is much higher than in most similar areas. While many residents give their time to others, few have served in the armed forces.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 27% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is far above both the New South Wales and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is common at 27%, which is about the same as the national figure. However, the proportion of people providing other unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework is well below the state and national levels.
5.4% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.6% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 17.6%
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 Boree has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for 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 Boree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10509/boree/topic/community