20.6% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bunbury · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bunbury
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people volunteer in Bunbury than in most similar areas. This local spirit is highlighted by the 20.6% of residents who give their time to others, a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.6% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people here provide unpaid care compared to most areas. This includes those looking after children (22.1%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (18.2%), both of which are well below state and national levels.
10.3% ▲ +5.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.1% ▲ +1.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.2% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 18.2%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 3.1%, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Bunbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50210/bunbury/topic/community