7.4% ▼ -65.5%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bowmans · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bowmans
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A small number of people in Bowmans are involved in unpaid care and volunteering compared to other areas. Only 7.4% of residents volunteer their time, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.4% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well below both the South Australian and national averages and among the lowest for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.0% of residents provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the state average, 31.5% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is far above the national figure of 20.7%. Conversely, the 18.5% of people caring for children unpaid is much lower than most areas.
13.0% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.5% ▼ -40.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.5% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 31.5%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the South Australian rate of 3.2%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Bowmans [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40150/bowmans/topic/community