36.1% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 54.5%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bamarang · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bamarang
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in three people in Bamarang volunteer, making it one of the most active areas for community work. This high level of participation is matched by a strong trend of people providing unpaid care and housework within their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 36.1% of people helping out. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life in Bamarang, where 47.2% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly—far above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with high rates of unpaid care, as 27.8% of residents provide care for others, which is far above the 11.9% seen across Australia.
27.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
47.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 47.2%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 Bamarang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10170/bamarang/topic/community