12.6% ▼ -35.7%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bunkers Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bunkers Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of unpaid care and volunteering set Bunkers Hill apart from other similar areas. While about 12.6% of people volunteer, the most striking gap is in caregiving, where figures for unpaid care are well below the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.6% of people in Bunkers Hill volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This figure is about the same as the Victorian average of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon here, with only 9.9% of people providing such support, which is well below the Victorian figure of 12.9%. This trend is seen in childcare too, as the 23.3% who care for children unpaid is well below the national average.
9.9% ▲ +5.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% ▼ -25.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▼ -14.1%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 22.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.7% of the population. This is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the 2.8% national figure.
2.7%
Higher than 50% 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 Bunkers Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20410/bunkers-hill/topic/community