23.7% ▼ -33.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bingie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bingie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost 42% of people in Bingie do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week, which is far above the national figure. This high level of home activity sits alongside a strong volunteering spirit, with many more residents giving their time to others than is typical across Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are very high here, with 23.7% of people helping out, which is well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 41.6% of people spend significant time on housework, those caring for children unpaid are much fewer than in most areas, at just 18.9%. Unpaid care for others is 11.6%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
11.6% ▼ -27.2%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.9% ▼ -37.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
41.6% ▲ +23.7%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 41.6%
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 here than in most areas, with 1.5% of residents having served, a figure slightly below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 63% 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 Bingie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10366/bingie/topic/community