48.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.9%
- 2021: 48.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Buddabadah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Buddabadah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly half of all residents in Buddabadah volunteer their time, placing it among the highest areas for community contribution. This spirit of giving extends into the home, where unpaid care for children and others is far more common than in the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is exceptionally high here, with 48.5% of people pitching in. This is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of local life, as 39.4% of people care for children and 21.2% provide other unpaid care, both far above New South Wales figures. Meanwhile, 21.2% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, which is about the same as the national average.
21.2% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
39.4% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.9%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.2% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 21.2%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Buddabadah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10634/buddabadah/topic/community