19.3% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bentley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bentley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained steady in Bentley, where nearly one in five people volunteer. This level of participation is well above the national figure, reflecting a strong local commitment to helping others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.3% of people in Bentley volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia and the 13.0% rate in New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a significant unpaid commitment here, with 28.3% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, a figure well above the national average of 20.7%. Unpaid childcare and general care roles are about the same as state and national levels.
12.3% ▼ -34.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.3% ▼ -28.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.7%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 28.3%
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.
A much higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most other areas, with 5.3% of residents having served, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.3%
Higher than 83% 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 Bentley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10298/bentley/topic/community