23.0% ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Borenore · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Borenore
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Borenore volunteer, making it a highly active community. This spirit of participation is most evident in the high number of people providing unpaid care for children. Local engagement is well above both state and national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13% and the Australian average of 14.1%. This is higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 33.2% of people involved, well above the national figure of 26.3%. While 22.5% do 15 or more hours of housework, only 9.9% provide other unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
9.9% ▼ -32.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.2% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 33.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 22.5%
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.
About 2.6% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for its level and about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.6%
Lower than 51% 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 Borenore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10511/borenore/topic/community