16.4% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Butterwick · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Butterwick
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Butterwick than in the rest of New South Wales. This community shows a strong commitment to supporting others, with high rates of housework and childcare and a volunteer rate that sits above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.4% of people here volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and slightly higher than the Australian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is very common here, with 36.8% of people caring for children unpaid and 34.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework—both figures are far above the state and national averages. Meanwhile, 12.5% provide other types of unpaid care, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
12.5% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.8% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.9% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 34.9%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.9%, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the state and national figures.
1.9%
Lower than 59% 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 Butterwick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10723/butterwick/topic/community