5.0% —
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bumberrah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bumberrah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 31% of people in Bumberrah provide unpaid child care, a figure well above the national average. This high level of family care is a key feature of the local community, though official volunteering is very low.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 5% of residents volunteer, which is well below the 13.3% seen across Victoria and among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 17.5% of people providing unpaid care and 26.3% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above the national figures.
17.5% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.3% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 26.3%
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 much more common in Bumberrah than in most areas, with 5.3% of residents having served, which is well above the 2% seen in Victoria.
5.3%
Higher than 83% 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 Bumberrah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20392/bumberrah/topic/community