9.0% ▼ -40.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bexley North · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bexley North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 9% of people in Bexley North volunteer their time, which is much lower than most other areas. This low level of formal volunteering stands in contrast to a higher-than-usual number of residents providing unpaid care to others in their community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 13% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.1% of people providing care—a bit higher than the 11.9% national figure. Around 25.1% of residents look after children unpaid, while 22.5% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
14.1% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.1% ▼ -17.1%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▲ +4.4%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 22.5%
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 than in most areas, with only 1% of the population having served in the Defence Force. This is a little below both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
1.0%
Lower than 67% 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 Bexley North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10334/bexley-north/topic/community