25.3% ▼ -26.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Benambra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Benambra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 25.3% of people in Benambra volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community spirit stands out in an area where very few people provide unpaid care for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with a quarter of the population helping out. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few people here provide unpaid care for children, at just 9.7%, which is far below the national figure. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework each week are well above the state average at 24.0%.
7.8% ▼ -36.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
9.7% ▼ -45.9%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% ▼ -31.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 24.0%
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 1.9% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and about the same as the Victoria average of 2.0%.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Benambra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20205/benambra/topic/community