12.5% ▼ -57.0%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bunnan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bunnan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Bunnan is marked by a high level of home-based work, with 30% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. While many residents manage the home, other forms of community involvement and care are much lower than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 12.5% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is rare here, with only 3.8% of people providing this support, well below the New South Wales figure of 11.5%. Similarly, the 18.8% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national average of 26.3%.
3.8% ▲ +58.4%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.8% ▼ -29.9%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.0% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 30.0%
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 community has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and 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 Bunnan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10686/bunnan/topic/community