23.4% ▼ -23.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Burroway · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Burroway
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Burroway than in the rest of the state, with 23.4% of residents giving their time. This community shows a strong trend of helping others, both through formal volunteering and by caring for children at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost a quarter of people here volunteer, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and well above the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is very common here at 33.1%, which is well above the national figure. While more people also do significant housework compared to the rest of the country, those providing other types of unpaid care are much fewer than in most areas.
7.3% ▼ -48.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.1% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% ▼ -9.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 25.0%
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 area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures.
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 Burroway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10712/burroway/topic/community