20.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bucketty · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bucketty
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping out defines daily life in Bucketty, where 20% of residents volunteer. This is well above the national figure and shows a community that is highly active in supporting others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in five people here volunteers, a rate that is well above both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 32% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is far above the national figure. This happens alongside a slightly higher rate of unpaid care for others than usual, though far fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to the state average.
14.0% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.7% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.0% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 32.0%
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.
About 2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Bucketty [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10631/bucketty/topic/community