9.7% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Buff Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Buff Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Buff Point than in most other areas. While only 9.7% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure, there is a strong presence of people performing unpaid housework and care duties at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.7% of people in Buff Point volunteer, a figure that is well below the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 25.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Other care roles are closer to the norm, as 26.8% care for children and 13.0% provide other unpaid care, both a little above the state and national levels.
13.0% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.8% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 25.8%
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 3.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Buff Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10642/buff-point/topic/community