18.6% ▼ -29.9%
Higher than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Benalla · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Benalla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Benalla spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. This high level of domestic work is a standout feature of the local community, though the area also shows a strong tendency towards volunteering and supporting others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.6% of people helping out, which is well above the figures for Victoria and Australia. However, this level of participation has fallen 7.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A little more than one in seven people provide unpaid care, a rate that is among the highest for similar areas and has risen slightly since 2011. While 24.7% do significant unpaid housework, only 19.8% care for children unpaid, which is well below the national figure.
14.6% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 92% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.8% ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.7% ▼ -10.9%
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 24.7%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most areas, with 3.7% of residents having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
3.7%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) 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 Benalla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA21010/benalla/topic/community