18.8% —
Higher than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Benambra (Northern Victoria) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Benambra (Northern Victoria)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Benambra than in most similar areas, with 18.8% of residents giving their time. This high level of community involvement stands out despite a recent drop in volunteers since 2016. Other forms of unpaid work, such as caring for family and former military service, are also more common here than in the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is well above the national figure of 14.1%, though the share of people who volunteer fell 7.0 percentage points since 2016.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.3% of people providing care and 23.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both figures well above the state average. People caring for children unpaid sit at 27.4%, which is around the middle for similar areas.
14.3% —
Higher than 94% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.4% —
Higher than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% —
Higher than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 23.1%
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 in Benambra than elsewhere, with 6.5% of people having served in the Defence Force, well above the 2.8% national figure.
6.5%
Higher than 94% of state electorate 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 Benambra (Northern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED20604/benambra/topic/community