28.4% ▼ -33.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.5%
- 2016: 43.8%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bete Bolong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bete Bolong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 32.8% of people provide unpaid care in Bete Bolong, making it one of the most supportive areas for this type of work. Residents are much more likely to give their time to others than people in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.4% of people helping out. This is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life for many, as 29.9% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is well above the national figure of 20.7%, while 28.4% of residents also provide unpaid childcare.
32.8% ▲ +121.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.9% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 29.9%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the Victorian rate of 2.0% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Bete Bolong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20227/bete-bolong/topic/community