20.5% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boro · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boro
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well over 20% of residents in Boro volunteer, a figure that sits far above the national average. This community is notably active in unpaid work, though it has very few people providing care for children compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.5% of people here volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 4.8% provide general unpaid care and 15.7% care for children—both well below national levels—30.1% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework.
4.8% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.7% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.1% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 30.1%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 4.7% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the 2.8% national figure.
4.7%
Higher than 78% 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 Boro [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10512/boro/topic/community