15.6% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 49.1%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bears Lagoon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bears Lagoon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 9.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force, making Bears Lagoon one of the most veteran-heavy areas at this level. While a small number of people contribute to the community through volunteering, the area is marked by much lower rates of unpaid childcare than the state average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 15.6% of people here volunteer their time, which is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia, though this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than elsewhere, with child care at 17.8% being well below the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, the share of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is a little below the state average.
11.1% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.8% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.8% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 17.8%
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.
Military service is very common in this area, with 9.1% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 2.0% seen across Victoria and the 2.8% national average.
9.1%
Higher than 94% 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 Bears Lagoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20179/bears-lagoon/topic/community