12.9% ▼ -40.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bourke · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bourke
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 12.9% of people in Bourke volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This figure is about the same as the New South Wales average, but a little below the national rate. Across the board, residents are less likely to engage in unpaid care and housework than people in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The proportion of volunteers is 12.9%, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and slightly below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 9.9% of people providing care. This is consistent with very low rates of unpaid housework (14.8%) and child care (21.2%), all of which are well below the New South Wales and national figures.
9.9% ▼ -4.1%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.2% ▼ -16.9%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.8% ▼ -20.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 14.8%
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 1.9% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the rates for New South Wales and Australia.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Bourke [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10520/bourke/topic/community