31.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 55.4%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bowna · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bowna
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A staggering 31.4% of people in Bowna volunteer their time, making it an area where community contribution is far more common than in most other places. This spirit of helping out is seen across the board, from local volunteering to high rates of unpaid care at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 31.4% of residents helping out. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Daily life involves a lot of unpaid work, as 34.9% of people care for children and 32.6% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above state and national levels. However, the 11.6% of people providing other unpaid care is about the same as the Australian figure.
11.6% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.9% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.6% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 32.6%
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 Bowna has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures.
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 Bowna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10532/bowna/topic/community