25.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Birganbigil · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Birganbigil
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One in four people in Birganbigil volunteer, a rate much higher than most similar areas. This strong spirit of helping out stands in contrast to lower rates of unpaid care for children and other people compared to the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25.0% of people helping out. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 25.0% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure—only 8.3% provide unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas. Similarly, the 20.8% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
8.3% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.8% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 25.0%
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 this area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
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 Birganbigil [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10375/birganbigil/topic/community