25.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Buttai · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Buttai
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of people in Buttai now volunteer their time, marking a significant presence of community spirit. This level of participation is far above both the state and national figures. The area is also defined by a very high rate of people caring for children unpaid.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 25.0% of residents giving their time. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very high at 37.5%, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. However, no one in the area reports providing other forms of unpaid care, and the 20.0% who do 15 or more hours of housework is slightly lower than the state average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.5% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 20.0%
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 residents in Buttai have served in the Defence Force, a result that is a little below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
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 Buttai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10722/buttai/topic/community