13.3% ▼ -30.8%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
West Bendigo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in West Bendigo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Around 20% of people in West Bendigo provide unpaid childcare, which is the most common form of community contribution here. While many help out at home, the area has a much lower rate of volunteering than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.3% of residents volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most areas and about the same as the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 14.8% of people providing care—a little above the national figure of 11.9%. However, the 20.4% who care for children unpaid is well below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
14.8% ▲ +20.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.4% ▼ -32.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.2% ▼ -35.4%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 18.2%
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 typical for the region, with 2.8% of the population having served, which is about the same as the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
2.8%
Higher than 53% 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 West Bendigo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22754/west-bendigo/topic/community