21.8% ▼ -23.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Buxton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Buxton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Buxton volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community contribution is a standout feature of the area, where residents are more likely to give their time than people in most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.8% of residents volunteer, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the proportion of people caring for children is well below the national average at 16.8%, more people provide other unpaid care. This is seen in the 27.5% who do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework, a figure well above both the state and national averages.
14.6% ▲ +6.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.8% ▼ -21.2%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.5% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 27.5%
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.
About 2.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Buxton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20431/buxton/topic/community