22.5% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bingara · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bingara
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of giving has remained a hallmark of Bingara, where volunteering rates are far higher than across the rest of the country. About 22.5% of people here volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community effort is seen across both formal volunteering and unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in Bingara, with 22.5% of residents helping out. This is well above the 13% seen in New South Wales and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is widespread, as 15.4% of people provide care and 27.2% do over 15 hours of housework weekly—both well above national figures. However, those caring for children unpaid are far below the Australian average at just 13.1%.
15.4% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.1% ▼ -31.7%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.2% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 27.2%
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 more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.1% of people having served. This is a little above the 2.3% seen in New South Wales and the 2.8% national figure.
4.1%
Higher than 73% 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 Bingara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10364/bingara/topic/community