17.5% ▼ -23.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bowraville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bowraville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Bowraville are now stepping up to help others compared to previous years. Local residents are much more likely to volunteer or provide unpaid care than people in the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A strong 17.5% of people in Bowraville volunteer, a figure that is well above both the New South Wales and national averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here; 15.1% of people provide this support, which is much higher than most areas. While fewer people care for children unpaid compared to the state, 26.8% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, well above the national figure.
15.1% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.0% ▼ -9.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.8% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 26.8%
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.
A higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force, with 3.9% of residents having served, which is a little above the state and national rates.
3.9%
Higher 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 Bowraville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10535/bowraville/topic/community