12.1% ▼ -25.3%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Birmingham Gardens · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Birmingham Gardens
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care in Birmingham Gardens compared to most other areas. This is a community where volunteering and unpaid housework are both uncommon, with only 13% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on domestic chores.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 12.1% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than in most similar areas. This figure is a little below the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 8.2% of people providing such support. This is well below the national figure of 11.9%, and the number of people caring for children unpaid is also well below the Australian average.
8.2% ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.7% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.0% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 13.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.8% of the population. This is lower than most areas, though it is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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 Birmingham Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10376/birmingham-gardens/topic/community