60.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Budawang · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Budawang
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 60% of people in Budawang volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This makes it one of the most active areas for community work, though few residents have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Budawang's volunteer rate is among the highest for similar areas, sitting at 60%. This is 47 percentage points higher than the New South Wales average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 20% of people providing care and 40% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly—both well above the national figures. However, the 20% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
20.0% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.0% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
40.0% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Budawang has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the New South Wales and national 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 Budawang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10633/budawang/topic/community