13.4% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bunyip North · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bunyip North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost no one in Bunyip North has served in the Defence Force, marking a notable gap compared to state and national figures. This is a place where community involvement is generally lower than in most other similar areas, with only 13.4% of people volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.4% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most other areas. This figure is about the same as the Victorian average of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with 11% of people providing such care. This is a little below the Victorian rate of 12.9%, while 24.4% of residents provide unpaid childcare.
11.0% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.4% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 20.7%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2% seen in Victoria and the 2.8% national average.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Bunyip North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20412/bunyip-north/topic/community