14.0% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bushy Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bushy Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people take on unpaid care roles in Bushy Park compared to other parts of the country. Only 7% of the population provide unpaid care, which is well below the national figure of 11.9%. This suggests a different daily rhythm for residents than in most Australian towns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14% of people here volunteer, a figure that is about the same as both Victoria and the wider Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much less common here than elsewhere, with only 9.3% of people caring for children unpaid, far below the state average of 26.3%. Similarly, those doing 15 or more hours of housework (14%) and those providing general unpaid care (7%) are well below national levels.
7.0% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
9.3% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.0% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 14.0%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
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 Bushy Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20429/bushy-park/topic/community