17.6% ▼ -18.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bungonia · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bungonia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people in Bungonia contribute to their community through unpaid work and volunteering than is typical for New South Wales. Roughly 18% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This spirit of giving extends into the home, where unpaid care and housework are far more common than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteers make up 17.6% of the population, a figure that is well above both 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.
The area sees a high rate of unpaid work, with 30.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. While 15.1% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, those caring for children unpaid (22.5%) are well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
15.1% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.5% ▼ -1.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.4% ▼ -25.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.0%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 30.4%
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 2.9% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 55% 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 Bungonia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10682/bungonia/topic/community