19.5% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bective · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bective
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people in Bective spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average. This community is marked by high levels of unpaid work and volunteering, with a strong commitment to caring for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.5% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% national figure and the 13.0% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life in Bective, where 28.3% of people care for children unpaid and 13.8% provide other forms of unpaid care. Both figures are higher than most areas.
13.8% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.3% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.7% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 27.7%
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.
About 1.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most similar areas and is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Bective [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10245/bective/topic/community