29.5% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.7%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Biala · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Biala
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of Biala residents volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This is a highly active community where a large proportion of people contribute their time to others through volunteering and unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.5% of people helping out. This is far above the 14.1% national figure and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of local life, with 36.1% of people caring for children and 18% providing other unpaid care. This is well above state and national figures, and 32.8% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
18.0% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.1% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.8% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 32.8%
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.
No one in Biala has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Biala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10335/biala/topic/community