14.0% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bentley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bentley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 14% of people in Bentley volunteer their time, which is a little below the Western Australia figure. This low level of community involvement is mirrored by a very small number of people providing unpaid care or housework compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates in Bentley are lower than most areas, with 14% of residents helping out, which is about the same as the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas here. Only 13.2% of people care for children unpaid, and just 6% provide other unpaid care, both of which are well below the national and state figures.
6.0% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.2% ▲ +21.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.5% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 10.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.9% of the population. This is lower than most areas, though it is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and Australia.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Bentley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50111/bentley/topic/community