13.6% ▼ -36.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
East Bendigo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in East Bendigo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 21.2% of people in East Bendigo provide unpaid childcare, though this is well below the national figure. While few residents take on heavy housework, the area sees a higher than usual number of people providing general unpaid care to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are lower than most similar areas, with 13.6% of residents helping out. This is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is low at 21.2%, and only 19.4% do 15 or more hours of housework, which is much lower than most areas. However, 14.1% provide general unpaid care, a figure a little above the national average.
14.1% ▲ +14.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.2% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 19.4%
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 around the middle for its level, with 3.2% of people having served. This is a little above the 2% seen across Victoria.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 East Bendigo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20828/east-bendigo/topic/community