26.7% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bahgallah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bahgallah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer here than in most similar areas, with 26.7% of Bahgallah residents giving their time. This community spirit is reflected in a high rate of unpaid care and housework, well above the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in Bahgallah, with 26.7% of people helping out. This is far above the national figure of 14.1% and the Victorian rate of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent here, with 31.1% of people caring for children and 26.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above the national average. Meanwhile, 13.3% of people provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the state figure.
13.3% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.1% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.7% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 26.7%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure slightly below the Victorian and national rates.
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 Bahgallah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20101/bahgallah/topic/community