20.2% ▼ -27.8%
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Buninyong · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Buninyong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of community contribution define Buninyong compared to most similar areas. About 20.2% of residents volunteer, and more people here provide unpaid care for children and the elderly than in the typical Victorian suburb.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in five people in Buninyong volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this is a drop from 2011, when 28% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 32.2% of people caring for children, well above the state average of 26.3%. This is consistent with high rates of other unpaid work, as 27.8% do over 15 hours of housework a week and 15.1% provide general unpaid care.
15.1% ▲ +21.2%
Higher than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.2% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.8% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 27.8%
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.
Around 3% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.0%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Buninyong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/201011005/buninyong/topic/community