8.9% ▼ -34.2%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Budgewoi · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Budgewoi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer than 9% of people in Budgewoi volunteer, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. This low level of community volunteering stands out against more typical rates of unpaid care and defence service in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.9% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 12.9% of people provide unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure. While 22.5% do 15 or more hours of housework, only 22.1% provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the New South Wales average.
12.9% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.1% ▼ -14.4%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▼ -10.7%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 22.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.7% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Budgewoi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10639/budgewoi/topic/community