23.2% ▼ -20.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bridgewater On Loddon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bridgewater On Loddon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 23% of people in Bridgewater On Loddon volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This community is highly active in unpaid work, though it has far fewer people caring for children compared to the rest of Victoria.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 23.2% of residents helping out, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 18.8% of people provide unpaid childcare—well below the national figure—about 26.3% do 15 or more hours of housework, which is higher than most areas. Unpaid care for others is slightly less common than in Victoria, at 11.6%.
11.6% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.8% ▼ -23.9%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 26.3%
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.
A larger share of the community has served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas, with 3.8% of residents having served.
3.8%
Higher than 69% 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 Bridgewater On Loddon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20335/bridgewater-on-loddon/topic/community