20.2% ▼ -18.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bexhill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bexhill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A well above average 20.2% of people in Bexhill volunteer, showing a much higher level of community involvement than the rest of the state. This spirit of giving is also seen in the high number of people who provide unpaid childcare and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.2% of residents giving their time, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent in Bexhill, as 31.5% of people care for children and 25.6% spend 15 or more hours on housework, both figures being well above the national average. However, providing other types of unpaid care is less common, at 10.8%, which is a little below the Australian figure.
10.8% ▼ -26.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.5% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.6% ▼ -14.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 25.6%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 1.9% of the population, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the state average.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Bexhill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10332/bexhill/topic/community