7.5% ▼ -38.5%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Burwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Burwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people engage in unpaid care and volunteer work in Burwood than in most other areas. Only 7.5% of the population volunteers, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This suggests a community where residents spend significantly less of their spare time on unpaid service and care roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates are among the lowest for similar areas, with only 7.5% of people helping out. This is well below the 13.0% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in most areas. Only 14.7% of people care for children unpaid and 6.9% provide other unpaid care, both of which are far below the state and national figures.
6.9% ▼ -31.5%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.7% ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.4% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 14.4%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 0.7% of the population. This is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.7%
Lower than 70% 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 Burwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10716/burwood/topic/community