20.4% ▼ -43.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bindi Bindi · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bindi Bindi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong volunteering spirit defines Bindi Bindi, where local involvement is far higher than across the rest of the country. About 20.4% of people here volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community spirit stands out against lower rates of unpaid domestic and care work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More than one in five people volunteer here, a rate of 20.4% that is well above both the state figure of 15.9% and the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas. Only 10.2% of people provide unpaid care, and the 22.4% who care for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
10.2% ▲ +28.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% ▼ -37.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.3% ▼ -51.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 16.3%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.0%
Lower 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 Bindi Bindi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50125/bindi-bindi/topic/community