24.2% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bedgerabong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bedgerabong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 34% of people in Bedgerabong provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This high level of family support is a key feature of the area, where residents are also much more likely to volunteer and provide care for others than people in most other regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 24.2% of people helping out. This is far above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very frequent, with 16.8% of residents providing care and 33.7% looking after children. These figures are well above both the state and national averages, while 23.2% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
16.8% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.7% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 23.2%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 4.1% of the population. This is higher than most areas and a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 72% 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 Bedgerabong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10247/bedgerabong/topic/community