21.3% ▼ -28.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lower Boro · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lower Boro
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national average for volunteering, Lower Boro shows a strong tendency for residents to give their time to others. This community is far more active in unpaid work and service than the typical New South Wales town.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.3% of people here volunteer, which is well above the state figure of 13.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 13.7% of people providing it, and 29.9% doing over 15 hours of housework—both figures well above the national average. However, the 20.3% who provide unpaid childcare is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
13.7% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.3% ▲ +23.6%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.9% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 29.9%
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 common here, as 9.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
9.2%
Higher than 94% 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 Lower Boro [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12411/lower-boro/topic/community