15.5% —
Higher than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Buninyong (Western Victoria) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Buninyong (Western Victoria)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people contribute their time and effort to others in Buninyong (Western Victoria) than in most other similar areas. Around 15.5% of the community volunteer, and the area shows a strong tendency toward unpaid care and housework compared to the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in most areas, with 15.5% of people helping out. This is a little above the 13.3% seen across Victoria, although the figure fell 7.0 percentage points since 2016.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common in this area; 23.4% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is well above the state figure. This trend is seen alongside a high rate of unpaid care for children (28.2%) and a rising number of people providing general unpaid care (14.5%).
14.5% —
Higher than 96% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.2% —
Higher than 67% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% —
Higher than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 23.4%
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.
About 3.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for Victoria (2.0%) and Australia (2.8%).
3.0%
Higher than 53% of state electorate 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 Buninyong (Western Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21608/buninyong/topic/community