34.7% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bemm River · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bemm River
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Bemm River has remained a strong local trait, with 34.7% of people volunteering. This is far above the national figure of 14.1%. While volunteering is common, the area has a much lower rate of unpaid caregiving than most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 34.7% of people in Bemm River volunteer, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here; only 9.7% of people care for children, which is far below the national figure. However, 31.9% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a rate far above the 20.7% seen across Australia.
9.7% ▼ -45.7%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
9.7% ▼ -50.8%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.9% ▼ -19.1%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.5%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 31.9%
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 than usual proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 3.9% of people having served, which is a little above the 2.8% national average.
3.9%
Higher than 71% 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 Bemm River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20202/bemm-river/topic/community