14.4% ▼ -24.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Burwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Burwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 14.4% of people in Burwood spend time volunteering, which is a figure similar to the national average. While many residents contribute their time, the area shows a notably lower rate of unpaid care and housework compared to both the state and the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 14.4% of the population helping out. This is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and about the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common in Burwood than in most areas. Only 20.0% of people care for children unpaid, which is well below the national and state figures of 26.3%.
10.6% ▲ +5.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.0% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.2% ▼ -1.2%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 17.2%
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 also lower than in most similar areas, with 1.3% of people having served. This is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.3%
Lower than 65% 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 Burwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20426/burwood/topic/community