21.0% ▼ -21.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Budgeree · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Budgeree
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost 37% of people in Budgeree do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week, one of the highest rates for this kind of work. This high level of home-based activity is mirrored in the community, where residents are much more likely to volunteer and provide unpaid care than those in other parts of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.0% of people helping out, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life in Budgeree, with 20.2% of people providing care and 27.4% looking after children, both of which are above the national average.
20.2% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.4% ▼ -14.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.1% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 37.1%
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 larger share of the community has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, sitting at 4.3% against a national figure of 2.8%.
4.3%
Higher than 74% 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 Budgeree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20373/budgeree/topic/community