7.2% ▼ -42.5%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bearii · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bearii
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in Bearii volunteer compared to similar areas, with only 7.2% of residents giving their time. While some residents take on significant home duties, others are far less likely to provide unpaid care for children or others than the state average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.2% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well below the Victorian average of 13.3% and among the lowest for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Household duties are common, with 30.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. However, those providing unpaid care for others (7.8%) or children (12.4%) are far below state and national levels.
7.8% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.4% ▲ +7.6%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.1% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 30.1%
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 number of residents have served in the Defence Force than in most areas, with 4.1% of the population having served, which is a little above the Victorian average of 2.0%.
4.1%
Higher than 72% 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 Bearii [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20178/bearii/topic/community