23.7% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Binalong Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Binalong Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost one quarter of people in Binalong Bay volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This community is marked by high levels of unpaid activity, from volunteering to housework, though fewer people here provide unpaid care for children compared to most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.7% of people helping out. This is well above the 18% seen across Tasmania and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Few people provide unpaid childcare here at 15.3%, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. However, 29.8% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a rate well above both the state and national averages.
11.5% ▲ +6.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.3% ▲ +22.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.8% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 29.8%
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 much more common in Binalong Bay than in most areas. Around 6.7% of people have served, which is well above the 2.8% national average.
6.7%
Higher than 88% 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 Binalong Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60045/binalong-bay/topic/community