13.4% ▼ -26.0%
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bentleigh - McKinnon · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Bentleigh - McKinnon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Bentleigh - McKinnon provide unpaid child care, a figure well above the Victorian average. While this caregiving is common, other forms of community involvement are less frequent, and the number of local volunteers has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.4% of residents volunteer, which is similar to the national and state figures. However, this is a drop of 4.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for others is much more common here than in most areas, with 13.6% of people helping out. This is a rise since 2011, alongside a high 29.3% of residents who provide unpaid child care.
13.6% ▲ +18.2%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 20.1%
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.
Only 1.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than in most other areas.
1.4%
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Bentleigh - McKinnon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/208021174/bentleigh-mckinnon/topic/community