18.0% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Buckley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Buckley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteering is more common in Buckley than in most other parts of the country. About 18% of residents give their time to help others, which is well above the Victorian and national figures. This local spirit of contribution defines the community's approach to participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18% of people in Buckley are volunteers, a figure that is well above the national average of 14.1%. This is also significantly higher than the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.4% of residents provide unpaid childcare—slightly more than the national figure—other forms of unpaid work are less common. Only 10.4% provide general unpaid care, and those doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly is well below the national average.
10.4% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.4% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 16.4%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for its level, with 2.2% of people having served. This is about the same as the 2% recorded across Victoria.
2.2%
Lower than 58% 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 Buckley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20369/buckley/topic/community