4.7% ▼ -42.6%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Busby · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Busby
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 4.7% of people volunteer their time in Busby, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This reflects a broader trend across the area where residents are far less likely to engage in unpaid community work or care roles compared to other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest for any area at this level, sitting at 4.7% and falling well below the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 11.3% of people providing care. This is consistent with the fact that those caring for children (21.8%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (16.3%) are both well below state and national figures.
11.3% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.8% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.3% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 16.3%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.1%, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.1%
Lower than 66% 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 Busby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10718/busby/topic/community