17.1% ▼ -27.6%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boomerang Beach - Blueys Beach · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Boomerang Beach - Blueys Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Boomerang Beach - Blueys Beach involves a high level of unpaid home support and local helping. While 17.1% of people volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure, this has fallen since 2011. The area stands out for the amount of housework residents do compared to other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.1% of people in Boomerang Beach - Blueys Beach volunteer, a figure that is a little above the national average but has fallen 6.5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children (22.4%) and general unpaid care (8.3%) are both well below the national figures. However, 26.8% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the New South Wales average of 21.2%.
8.3% ▼ -31.7%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% ▼ -17.2%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.8% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 26.8%
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.
Very few people here have served in the Defence Force, at 2.0%, which is much lower than most similar areas.
2.0%
Lower than 87% 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 Boomerang Beach - Blueys Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121010/boomerang-beach-blueys-beach/topic/community