17.2% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Buchanan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Buchanan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Buchanan than in most similar areas. This community is notably active, with 17.2% of residents volunteering and a high number of people supporting others through unpaid work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.2% of people helping out, which is well above the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very prominent in the area, as 17.2% of residents provide care and 27.2% look after children unpaid. This is much higher than most other areas, with 23.1% also doing 15 or more hours of housework a week.
17.2% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.2% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 23.1%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures seen across New South Wales and Australia.
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 Buchanan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10625/buchanan/topic/community