21.7% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
North Bourke · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in North Bourke
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge proportion of people in North Bourke give their time to others, with 21.7% volunteering. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%, marking the area as a place where residents are much more active in community work than most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More than one in five people volunteer here, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 25.3% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the state average. Meanwhile, 24.1% spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure well above the Australian average of 20.7%.
11.4% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.3% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 24.1%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most areas, with 1.8% of the population having served, which is about the same as the national figure.
1.8%
Lower than 60% 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 North Bourke [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12995/north-bourke/topic/community