11.5% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bambun · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bambun
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 30% of people in Bambun do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework a week, a figure far above the national average. This high level of home work stands out in a place where other forms of community contribution, like volunteering, are much lower than usual.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.5% of residents volunteer, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.5% of people provide some form of unpaid care, only 21.2% care for children unpaid, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. However, 30.8% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, a rate far above the state average.
13.5% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.2% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.8% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 30.8%
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 Bambun has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Bambun [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50065/bambun/topic/community