13.2% ▼ -28.6%
Lower than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bennelong · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Bennelong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 25.7% of people in Bennelong provide unpaid child care, which is the most common form of community contribution here. This mirrors both state and national trends. While many residents help at home and with children, other forms of community service and volunteering have seen some declines.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Roughly 13.2% of people volunteer their time, a figure that is about the same as the national and state averages. However, this is a drop from 2011, when 18.5% of the area volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is common at 25.7%, while 21.4% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is higher than most areas. Conversely, those providing other types of unpaid care are much lower than most areas at 10.1%.
10.1% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 83% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 55% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 58% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 21.4%
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.
Only 1.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower than 85% of federal 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 Bennelong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED103/bennelong/topic/community