44.4% ▲ +128.9%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 44.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bunjil · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bunjil
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly half of all residents in Bunjil volunteer their time, making it a place where community contribution is much more common than in other areas. This spirit of helping extends into the home, where a high proportion of people provide unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is a huge part of life here, with 44.4% of people helping out. This is far above the Western Australia figure of 15.9% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common, with 22.2% of residents doing so, which is far above the national figure of 11.9%. This includes 35.6% of people caring for children, well above the 26.3% seen across Australia, though only 11.1% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
22.2% ▲ +219.5%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.6% ▲ +69.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 53.5%
- 2021: 35.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.1% ▼ -29.5%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 11.1%
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.
No one in Bunjil has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures of around 2.9% and 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 Bunjil [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50213/bunjil/topic/community