19.1% ▼ -34.3%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bungendore · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Bungendore
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong culture of helping others defines daily life in Bungendore, where volunteering and unpaid care are common. This spirit is evident in the 19.1% of residents who volunteer and the high number of people providing unpaid support to children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in most areas, with 19.1% of people helping out, which is well above the 14.1% national figure. However, this has fallen 10 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is a major part of local life; 35.7% of people provide this support, which is far above the New South Wales figure. In contrast, the number of people doing 15 or more hours of housework fell 11 percentage points since 2011 to 22.3%.
12.1% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.7% ▲ +50.9%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▼ -32.5%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 22.3%
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.
Serving in the Defence Force is very common in Bungendore, with 10.1% of residents having served. This is well above the national figure of 2.8%.
10.1%
Higher than 99% of urban centre 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 Bungendore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115033/bungendore/topic/community