28.6% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Burakin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Burakin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people volunteer in Burakin than in the rest of the country. Nearly 29% of the community give their time to help others, which is double the national figure. This strong spirit of helping extends to both formal volunteering and unpaid care within the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.6% of residents pitching in. This is far above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% recorded nationally.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of local life, with 21.4% of people providing unpaid care—a figure well above the national average. This is consistent with high rates of housework, as 28.6% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on these tasks.
21.4% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.6% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.2%
- 2021: 28.6%
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 the community has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures of around 2.8% to 2.9%.
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 Burakin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50215/burakin/topic/community