6.3% ▼ -24.6%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bossley Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bossley Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 13.3% of people in Bossley Park provide unpaid care, a figure that sits just above the national average. While some residents support others, the area sees very low levels of formal volunteering and a small number of former service members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Formal volunteering is uncommon here, with only 6.3% of people helping out. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few residents provide unpaid childcare at 17.8%, which is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%. Similarly, the 18.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework each week is much lower than most areas.
13.3% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.8% ▼ -23.4%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.1% ▼ -0.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 18.1%
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.
Defence service is less common in Bossley Park than in other areas, with 0.6% of the population having served. This is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
0.6%
Lower than 71% 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 Bossley Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10513/bossley-park/topic/community