27.3% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Benobble · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Benobble
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people give their time to others in Benobble than in most similar areas. A striking 27.3% of residents volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This strong spirit of helping others is seen across both community work and care for the elderly or infirm.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.3% of people pitching in. This is 13 percentage points higher than the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 13.6% of residents provide unpaid childcare—far below the national figure of 26.3%—unpaid care for others is very high. About 31.8% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is 20 percentage points above the state and national averages.
31.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.6% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.6% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 13.6%
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.
Military service is much more common here than elsewhere, with 23.1% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is far above the Australian average of 2.8%.
23.1%
Higher 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 Benobble [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30234/benobble/topic/community