18.4% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bowral - Mittagong · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Bowral - Mittagong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people are spending their time on unpaid housework in Bowral - Mittagong than in most other areas. This community shows a strong commitment to volunteering and a higher-than-average rate of former Defence Force members. While housework roles have grown, the number of people caring for children unpaid has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.4% of people helping out. This is well above the national figure of 14.1% and the NSW rate of 13.0%, and it has stayed steady since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a significant part of life for 26.6% of residents who do 15 or more hours a week, a figure well above the national 20.7%. This rose 2.2 points since 2011, while the 23.5% of people caring for children unpaid fell 3.5 points over the same period.
12.6% ▲ +6.2%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.5% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.6% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 26.6%
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 more common here than in the rest of the state, with 3.8% of people having served. This is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.8%
Higher than 56% of urban centre 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 Bowral - Mittagong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL112004/bowral-mittagong/topic/community