16.1% ▼ -5.8%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bunbury · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Bunbury
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Bunbury provide unpaid child care, which is much higher than most other areas. This stands out as the most common form of community contribution in the region, though other forms of volunteering and unpaid care are more typical for the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.1% of residents volunteer, a figure that is a little above the national average. This is a slight drop from 2011, when 17.1% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 29.6% of people care for children unpaid, which is well above the national figure, only 11.4% provide other forms of unpaid care. Those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework fell to 22.3% by 2021.
11.4% ▲ +23.6%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.6% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▼ -10.3%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.1% of the population, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the state and national figures.
3.1%
Lower than 63% 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 Bunbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL511001/bunbury/topic/community