52.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 93.9%
- 2021: 52.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Biggara · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Biggara
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge gap exists between Biggara and the rest of the country when it comes to helping others, with over half the population volunteering. This is a deeply active community where residents contribute far more unpaid time to their families and local area than is typical for Victoria or Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More than half of residents (52.3%) are volunteers, a figure that is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 38.6% of people caring for children and 15.9% providing other unpaid care, both far above national figures. This is consistent with 27.3% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is well above the Australian average of 20.7%.
15.9% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.6% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 48.5%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 27.3%
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, which is a little below the state and national figures.
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 Biggara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20238/biggara/topic/community