23.6% ▼ -41.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.4%
- 2016: 39.2%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Burrumbuttock · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Burrumbuttock
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people contribute their time to others in Burrumbuttock than in most similar areas. Nearly a quarter of residents volunteer, and a very high proportion provide unpaid care for children or other people in need.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are much higher here than across the country, with 23.6% of people helping out, well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common in Burrumbuttock, as 17.4% of residents do so, which is well above the Australian average. This includes 31.7% of people caring for children, a figure much higher than most other areas.
17.4% ▲ +23.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.7% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▼ -25.1%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 23.3%
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, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
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 Burrumbuttock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10713/burrumbuttock/topic/community