13.3% ▼ -32.5%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bunyip · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Bunyip
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care and housework in Bunyip than in most similar areas. While 32.2% of the community cares for children unpaid, volunteering rates have dropped significantly over the last decade. These figures show a community focused heavily on home and family duties.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.3% of people volunteer here, which is much lower than most areas. This is a sharp drop from 2011, when nearly 20% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus in Bunyip, with 32.2% of people providing unpaid care for children, well above the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, 25% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is also well above the national average. Meanwhile, 11.9% provide other types of unpaid care, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011.
11.9% ▲ +26.2%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.2% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 2.4%. This is much lower than most similar areas and is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.4%
Lower than 78% 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 Bunyip [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215017/bunyip/topic/community