8.7% ▼ -43.7%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Buxton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Buxton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community engagement in Buxton has seen shifts in how people give their time, with 28.5% of residents now caring for children unpaid. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 25.3%. While family care is common, other forms of volunteering are notably low in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.7% of people in Buxton volunteer, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A higher than usual 28.5% of residents provide unpaid childcare. Meanwhile, 22.8% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is a little above the Australian figure of 20.7%.
11.1% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.5% ▼ -23.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -17.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 22.8%
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.
About 2.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
2.5%
Lower than 52% 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 Buxton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10724/buxton/topic/community