17.3% ▼ -38.4%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bithramere · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bithramere
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Bithramere provide unpaid child care, which is a higher rate than most other areas. This community is generally active, with a strong proportion of residents volunteering and a typical rate of former defence force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.3% of people helping out. This is well above both the New South Wales figure of 13% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 29.3% of residents provide unpaid child care—well above the state's 25.3%—the area is much lower than most places for unpaid housework, at 18.8%. Those providing other types of unpaid care sit at 11.3%, which is about the same as the national figure.
11.3% ▲ +26.7%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% ▼ -20.2%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.7%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.8% ▼ -22.1%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 18.8%
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.
About 2.3% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Bithramere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10380/bithramere/topic/community