14.0% ▼ -27.0%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Burwood · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Burwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A smaller number of people provide unpaid care and housework in Burwood compared to most other areas. While 14% of residents volunteer their time, this is a drop from the 19.2% recorded in 2011. The area generally shows lower levels of community and family care work than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14% of people in Burwood volunteer, which is roughly the same as the Victorian and Australian figures. This represents a 5.2 percentage point fall since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower here than in most areas, with only 18.3% of people caring for children. This is well below the state and national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, only 16.5% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, and 10.5% provide other unpaid care, both of which are lower than the national average.
10.5% ▲ +6.0%
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.3% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.5% ▼ -1.4%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 16.5%
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.
Only 1.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is much lower than in most similar areas and sits a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.2%
Lower than 87% 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 Burwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/207031165/burwood/topic/community