21.1% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Buckendoon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Buckendoon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Buckendoon are stepping up to help others than in most similar areas. Over a fifth of the population now volunteer, and the area has a very high rate of people managing housework and child care at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.1% of people in Buckendoon volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 34.2% of people caring for children and another 34.2% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both far above national levels. However, the 7.9% of people providing other unpaid care is well below the Australian figure of 11.9%.
7.9% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.2% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.2% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 34.2%
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 Buckendoon has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across 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 Buckendoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10630/buckendoon/topic/community