23.3% ▼ -14.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bunyan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bunyan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in four people in Bunyan volunteer, a figure far above the New South Wales average. This strong spirit of community service is matched by a high proportion of residents who take on unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.3% of people here volunteer, which is far above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales and well above the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 31.3% of people caring for children and another 31.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly; both figures are far above the state and national averages. Around 12.9% of residents provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the Australian average.
12.9% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.3% ▲ +26.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.3% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 31.3%
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 2.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is about the same as both New South Wales and Australia.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Bunyan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10688/bunyan/topic/community