16.5% ▼ -35.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
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Community Participation in Bet Bet
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 16.5% of people in Bet Bet volunteer, which is a higher rate than the national figure. This community shows a strong tendency to give their time to others, though rates of unpaid care at home are very low.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.5% of residents helping out. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and a little above the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 5.5% of people providing such support. This is well below the national figure, and far fewer people here care for children unpaid compared to the rest of the country.
5.5% ▼ -53.0%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.9% ▼ -41.5%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.6% ▼ -50.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 15.6%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.7% of the population. This is about the same as the rates for both Victoria and Australia.
2.7%
Higher than 50% 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 Bet Bet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20226/bet-bet/topic/community