19.9% ▼ -16.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bowral · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bowral
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Bowral volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This reflects a community where residents are highly active in unpaid roles and service. The area also has a notably strong history of military service compared to other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.9% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% figure for Australia and 13% for New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people provide unpaid childcare than the national average, 27.2% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the 20.7% typical across Australia.
12.9% ▼ -7.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.3% ▼ -19.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.2% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 27.2%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 4.4% of the population, a figure that is much higher than most other areas and a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Bowral [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10534/bowral/topic/community