20.2% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Burrawang · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Burrawang
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Burrawang volunteer, a rate well above the national figure. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others, though the proportion of volunteers has fallen slightly since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.2% of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%. This figure has dipped 3.2 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents handle significant unpaid work, with 27.0% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly and 16.3% providing unpaid care. While these figures are much higher than most areas, the share of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national average at 19.7%.
16.3% ▲ +18.2%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.7% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.0% ▼ -17.7%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 27.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.3% of the population, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and slightly below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
1.3%
Lower than 91% 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 Burrawang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122029/burrawang/topic/community