16.3% —
Higher than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bendigo East (Northern Victoria) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Bendigo East (Northern Victoria)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define Bendigo East compared to the rest of the state. While 29.3% of residents provide unpaid childcare, the area also shows a strong trend of volunteering and supporting others in the community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.3% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this level of participation has fallen by 8.4 percentage points since 2016.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 29.3% of people caring for children and 23.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Both figures are well above the Victorian average, while the 14.6% of people providing general unpaid care is among the highest for similar areas.
14.6% —
Higher than 98% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% —
Higher than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% —
Higher than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 23.3%
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.
Around 3.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria and about the same as the national figure.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Bendigo East (Northern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED20704/bendigo-east/topic/community