21.5% ▼ -23.3%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Binjura · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Binjura
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Binjura volunteer, making it a place with much higher community involvement than the national average. This spirit of giving extends to a higher-than-average number of residents who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.5% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% national figure and higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the proportion of people providing unpaid care is about the same as the national figure of 11.9%, those doing 15 or more hours of housework is well above the 20.7% Australian average. Interestingly, the 19.4% of people caring for children unpaid is much lower than most areas.
12.0% ▼ -26.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.4% ▼ -24.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▼ -17.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 24.6%
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.
A higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.9% of residents having served, which is a little above the 2.8% national figure.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Binjura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10369/binjura/topic/community