51.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 58.5%
- 2021: 51.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bournewood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bournewood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over half of all residents in Bournewood volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement is a standout feature of the area, where many people also dedicate significant time to unpaid family work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 51.3% of people helping out, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent, as 38.5% of people care for children and 30.8% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both figures far above the national average. However, no one in the area provides other types of unpaid care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.5% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.8% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 30.8%
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.
No one in Bournewood has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Bournewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10523/bournewood/topic/community