25.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bean Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bean Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of people in Bean Creek volunteer their time, showing a very strong drive to help out. This community involvement is far higher than across New South Wales or the rest of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in four residents volunteers, which is far above the national figure of 14.1% and much higher than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 11.5% of people provide unpaid childcare—which is far below the New South Wales average—many more spend their time at home, with 30.8% doing over 15 hours of unpaid housework weekly.
13.5% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.5% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.8% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 30.8%
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, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages.
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 Bean Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10240/bean-creek/topic/community