17.0% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bega · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bega
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher-than-average number of residents in Bega give their time to others, with 17% of people volunteering. This reflects a strong local commitment to community work that sits well above the New South Wales figure. Most residents are active in their homes and neighbourhoods, whether through unpaid care or service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17% of people helping out. This is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales and a little above the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People in Bega are more likely to provide unpaid care than those in most other areas. This includes 26.6% caring for children and 23.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are a little above the state and national averages.
14.3% ▲ +17.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 23.7%
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.
Defence service is typical for the region, with 2.7% of residents having served. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.7%
Higher than 50% 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 Bega [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10253/bega/topic/community