29.6% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Birregurra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Birregurra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Birregurra volunteer their time, showing a community where residents are far more likely to give back than those in other areas. This strong spirit of helping out is paired with high rates of unpaid care and housework within the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.6% of people pitching in. This is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life for many, as 26.8% spend 15 or more hours on housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. This goes alongside higher than usual rates of people providing unpaid care (15.4%) and those caring for children (27.4%).
15.4% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.4% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.8% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 26.8%
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 about the same as the rest of the country, with 2.4% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
2.4%
Lower than 55% 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 Birregurra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20247/birregurra/topic/community