15.7% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Buckland · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Buckland
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people perform unpaid work in Buckland than in the rest of the state. While 15.7% of residents volunteer—slightly above the national figure—the most striking feature is the high rate of home and family care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A little more than 15.7% of people in Buckland volunteer, which is slightly above the Victorian and national figures, though this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 37% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with the high rates of people providing unpaid care (16.5%) and those caring for children (33.1%), both of which are well above the state and national averages.
16.5% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.1% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.0% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 37.0%
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.
About 3.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Victorian rate and about the same as the national figure.
3.2%
Higher 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 Buckland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20368/buckland/topic/community