32.4% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 67.7%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Burnewang · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Burnewang
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a third of people in Burnewang volunteer, making it a place with far more community-minded residents than most other areas. This high level of engagement is matched by a strong commitment to unpaid work and care within the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 32.4% of people giving their time. This is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very frequent, with 32.4% of residents providing care—far above the 11.9% national average. This is consistent with the 35.3% who do 15 or more hours of housework, which is also far above the national figure.
32.4% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 48.4%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.3% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 35.3%
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.
No one in Burnewang has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Burnewang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20417/burnewang/topic/community