25.8% ▼ -16.4%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bugle Ranges · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bugle Ranges
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Bugle Ranges volunteer their time, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement is a standout feature of the area. Residents also take on more unpaid care and household work than most other Australians.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 25.8% of residents are volunteers, which is well above the South Australian rate of 17% and far above the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 27.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework a week, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with a higher-than-usual number of people providing unpaid care (15.3%) and looking after children (29.3%).
15.3% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 27.1%
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.
A little above the national and state figures, 5.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than in most other similar areas.
5.2%
Higher than 82% 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).
More for Bugle Ranges
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Bugle Ranges [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40181/bugle-ranges/topic/community