13.9% ▼ -25.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Burnley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Burnley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people are involved in unpaid care and housework in Burnley than in most other areas. While volunteering rates are about the same as the national figure, the level of home-based care work is strikingly low for the local community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.9% of residents volunteer, which is a bit lower than most areas and roughly the same as the Victoria and Australia figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few people in Burnley provide unpaid care, with only 9.7% doing so. This is well below the state figure, and is consistent with the much lower rates of people caring for children (17.6%) or doing over 15 hours of housework (15.9%) each week.
9.7% ▲ +31.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.6% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.9% ▲ +45.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 15.9%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 0.9% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national average.
0.9%
Lower than 68% 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 Burnley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20418/burnley/topic/community