52.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 75.0%
- 2021: 52.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bidgeemia · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bidgeemia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than half of the people in Bidgeemia volunteer their time, making it a place where community help is a huge part of daily life. This high level of local spirit is mirrored in the fact that over a third of residents provide some form of unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A striking 52.2% of residents volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1% and among the highest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 34.8% of people providing care—far above the 11.9% national average. While 26.1% care for children, which is about the same as the state, only 13.0% do 15 or more hours of housework, a figure well below the national average.
34.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.0% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 13.0%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% national figure.
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 Bidgeemia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10338/bidgeemia/topic/community