16.7% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bimbimbie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bimbimbie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid housework and childcare set Bimbimbie apart from similar areas. While 16.7% of residents volunteer, the most striking feature is the high proportion of people managing significant domestic duties at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 37.8% of residents doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This high level of domestic work is consistent with the 35.6% who provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the New South Wales rate. However, only 10.0% provide other types of unpaid care, which is a little below the national figure.
10.0% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.6% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 35.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.8% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 37.8%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the New South Wales and national rates.
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 Bimbimbie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10360/bimbimbie/topic/community