12.8% ▼ -27.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bentleigh · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bentleigh
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Bentleigh provide unpaid childcare, which is a higher rate than most similar areas. This highlight of family support defines the community's contribution, even as other forms of participation remain relatively low.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas. Only 12.8% of residents volunteer, a figure that sits slightly below the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is more common than usual in Bentleigh, with 13.8% of people helping out. This is driven largely by childcare, which is a little above the national figure at 28.9%.
13.8% ▲ +19.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.9% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 20.2%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most areas, with 1.3% of the population having served. This is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.3%
Lower than 65% 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 Bentleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20214/bentleigh/topic/community