11.2% ▼ -25.1%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Burwood Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Burwood Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 11.2% of people in Burwood Heights volunteer their time, which is much lower than most similar areas. This community shows lower rates of unpaid care and service compared to both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, with the 11.2% rate sitting a little below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less frequent in Burwood Heights, as 20.5% of people care for children unpaid, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with fewer people providing general unpaid care (10.3%) or spending 15 or more hours on housework (18.9%).
10.3% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.5% ▼ -24.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.9% ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 18.9%
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.
Very few residents have served in the Defence Force, with only 0.3% doing so, a figure that is a little below the 2.8% national average.
0.3%
Lower than 77% 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 Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10717/burwood-heights/topic/community