32.1% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Benjinup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Benjinup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one third of people in Benjinup volunteer, making it a place where community involvement is far more common than in most other areas. This high level of engagement is seen in the 32.1% of residents who give their time to help others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are far above the national figure, with 32.1% of people helping out compared to just 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Household work is common here, as 27.4% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. While 29.2% of residents provide unpaid childcare, the 9.4% who provide other unpaid care is a little below the national average.
9.4% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.2% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.4% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 27.4%
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.
A higher proportion of residents than in most areas have served in the Defence Force, with 3.6% of the population having been in service.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Benjinup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50109/benjinup/topic/community