28.2% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bectric · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bectric
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Bectric volunteer, showing a strong commitment to helping others in their daily lives. This spirit of contribution is reflected in the high number of residents who provide unpaid care and support within their homes and the wider community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.2% 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 Bectric, as 38.5% of people care for children unpaid. This is far above the national figure of 26.3%, alongside much higher rates of people providing general unpaid care (17.9%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework a week (35.9%).
17.9% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.5% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.9% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 35.9%
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 New South Wales rate of 2.3% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
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 Bectric [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10246/bectric/topic/community