7.0% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Burrapine · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Burrapine
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people in Burrapine get involved in community work compared to most similar areas. Only 7% of residents volunteer, a figure well below the national average of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is rare here, with only 7% of people helping out. This is well below both the New South Wales figure of 13% and the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 32.6% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is far above the national figure. Meanwhile, those caring for children unpaid are at 20.9%, well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
11.6% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.9% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.6% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 32.6%
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 Burrapine has served in the Defence Force, which is 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 Burrapine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10704/burrapine/topic/community