14.6% ▼ -34.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bungwahl · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bungwahl
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people do heavy housework in Bungwahl compared to the rest of the country. While volunteering rates are about the same as the national figure, residents here are much more likely to provide unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most similar areas but a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 32.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with 15.0% of residents providing unpaid care, which is well above both the state and national rates.
15.0% ▼ -23.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.4% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 41.5%
- 2021: 32.4%
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.
A higher share of the population than most areas has served in the Defence Force, with 3.7% of residents having served, a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Bungwahl [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10684/bungwahl/topic/community