17.5% ▼ -36.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bunbartha · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bunbartha
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 34% of residents provide unpaid childcare in Bunbartha, which is much higher than most similar areas. This reflects a community with a very high rate of unpaid care and domestic work across the board. While many locals are active in the home, volunteering rates are also well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.5% of people in Bunbartha volunteer, which is well above both the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 21.7% of people providing unpaid care and 32.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Both figures are far above the national average.
21.7% ▲ +33.9%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.6% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 39.5%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.1% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 32.1%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.2% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.2%
Lower than 65% 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 Bunbartha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20393/bunbartha/topic/community