27.5% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bindi · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bindi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Bindi volunteer than in the rest of the country, with 27.5% of residents giving their time. This high level of community spirit stands out against state and national figures, though few residents have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.5% of people helping out. This is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While unpaid care for children is far below the national rate of 26.3%, overall unpaid care is among the highest in the country at 22.5%. This is far above the Australian figure of 11.9%.
22.5% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.5% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.5% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 17.5%
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 Bindi has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state rate of 2.0% and the national rate 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 Bindi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20241/bindi/topic/community