16.7% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bucca Wauka · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bucca Wauka
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 17% of people in Bucca Wauka volunteer, which is a bit more than the national figure. This community shows a strong tendency toward unpaid work and helping others, though it has very few former defence force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.7% of people giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and a little above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.9% of residents provide unpaid care, which is higher than most areas, far fewer people are caring for children unpaid compared to the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 25.0% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the state and national rates.
13.9% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.4% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 25.0%
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.
No one in Bucca Wauka has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the New South Wales and Australian averages.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 Bucca Wauka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10623/bucca-wauka/topic/community