17.5% ▲ +29.0%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Broome · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Broome
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A sharp decline in unpaid domestic work has marked the biggest shift in Broome since 2011. While more people are stepping up to volunteer, those providing unpaid care and housework have dropped significantly. This creates a community where formal volunteering is now more common than it was a decade ago.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.5% of people in Broome volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This represents a steady rise from 2011, when the rate was 13.6%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care has dropped here, with only 15.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework—well below the national figure of 20.7%. This follows a 10 point fall since 2011, and the 7.2% of people providing general unpaid care is also much lower than the national average.
7.2% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.7% ▼ -37.9%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 43.0%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.1% ▼ -39.9%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 15.1%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.3% of the population, which is much lower than in most similar areas. This is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
2.3%
Lower than 81% 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 Broome [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL513001/broome/topic/community