15.7% ▼ -16.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bensville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bensville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 34.2% of people in Bensville provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This high level of family care is a defining feature of the local community. While many residents focus on home life, others contribute through volunteering and military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A little over 15% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia, though this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 29.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is well above the national figure of 20.7%, and a little more than 14% of the population provides some form of unpaid care.
14.1% ▲ +27.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.2% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.3% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 29.3%
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 less common in Bensville than in most similar areas, with 2.0% of people having served in the Defence Force.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Bensville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10297/bensville/topic/community