20.0% ▼ -22.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boydtown · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boydtown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One in five residents in Boydtown volunteers, a rate well above the national figure. This community is marked by high levels of unpaid work and a strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are higher than most areas, with 20% of people helping out, which is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While fewer people provide general unpaid care or look after children compared to the state, a far higher number of residents—30.8%—spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework.
7.7% ▼ -40.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.5% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.8% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 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.
Military service is very common here, with 7.9% of people having served in the Defence Force, a figure well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
7.9%
Higher than 91% 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 Boydtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10539/boydtown/topic/community