7.4% ▼ -20.6%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Burnside · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Burnside
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28.2% of people in Burnside provide unpaid childcare, which is a higher rate than most other areas. While family care is common, other forms of community contribution like volunteering are much lower than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.4% of residents volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is a little above the state average, though only 11.2% of people provide general unpaid care. This is lower than most areas, and the 17.4% who do 15 or more hours of housework weekly is well below the Australian figure.
11.2% ▲ +5.2%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.2% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.4% ▼ -3.2%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 17.4%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most areas, with 1.2% of people having served, which is a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
1.2%
Lower than 66% 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 Burnside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20419/burnside/topic/community