24.9% ▼ -41.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.6%
- 2016: 39.2%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Buchan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Buchan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Buchan give their time to volunteer, far exceeding the national figure. This high level of community spirit is reflected in the way residents support one another through unpaid care and service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.9% of the population pitching in, which is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common than in most areas, with 16.6% of residents helping others. This is seen in the high number of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, though the proportion of those caring for children is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
16.6% ▲ +23.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.5% ▼ -18.3%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.4% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.6%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 35.4%
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 higher proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.3% of residents having served, which is a little above the state average.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Buchan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20366/buchan/topic/community