17.1% ▼ -18.9%
Higher than 79% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bean · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Bean
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care and volunteering set Bean apart from most other areas. Around 30.2% of people here provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Bean, with 17.1% of people helping out. This is well above the national figure, though it has fallen 4.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent here; 13.3% of people provide unpaid care and 30.2% look after children without pay, both of which are much higher than in most areas. Meanwhile, 21.1% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is about the same as the national figure.
13.3% ▲ +18.0%
Higher than 80% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.2% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 87% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 55% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 21.1%
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.
Defence service is common in Bean, where 5.6% of people have served. This is among the highest rates for areas of this size and is a little above the national figure.
5.6%
Higher than 96% 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 Bean [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED801/bean/topic/community