11.6% ▼ -32.4%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Burrumbeet · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Burrumbeet
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Burrumbeet involves less unpaid care and volunteering than in other regions, though there is a strong history of military service. Only 11.6% of people volunteer here, and the number of people providing unpaid care is much lower than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common in Burrumbeet, with 11.6% of residents helping out. This is a little below the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much lower than in most areas. Only 17.4% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the 26.3% seen across Australia and Victoria, while only 9.8% provide other forms of unpaid care.
9.8% ▼ -15.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.4% ▼ -2.8%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.9% ▼ -23.5%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 17.9%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most areas. About 4.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above both the Victorian figure of 2.0% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Burrumbeet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20425/burrumbeet/topic/community