16.7% ▼ -40.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Burrell Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Burrell Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Burrell Creek do a lot of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure. This is a community where many residents contribute their time to others, whether through formal volunteering or caring for family members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.4% of people providing care and 29.2% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, both figures being well above the national average. However, the 16.3% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
14.4% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.3% ▼ -18.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.2% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 29.2%
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 than usual proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 3.8% of residents having served, which is a little above the national rate.
3.8%
Higher than 69% 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 Burrell Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10706/burrell-creek/topic/community