15.8% ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Burraneer · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Burraneer
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of unpaid care and housework set Burraneer apart from most similar areas. While about 15.8% of people volunteer, the most striking feature is the strong tendency for residents to provide unpaid support at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.8% of people here volunteer, which is lower than in most similar areas. However, this figure is still a little above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 29.6% of people caring for children and 14.8% providing other unpaid care—both figures are well above the state and national averages. Additionally, 26.9% do 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the typical Australian rate of 20.7%.
14.8% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.6% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.9% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 26.9%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.3% of the population. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 57% 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 Burraneer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10702/burraneer/topic/community