14.8% ▼ -29.4%
Lower than 59% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bendigo · Urban Area
Community Participation in Bendigo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Bendigo than in most similar areas. This is a place where community support is visible, though the proportion of volunteers has dropped significantly since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.8% of residents volunteer, which is around the middle for its level. This is a little above the 13.3% seen in Victoria, but has fallen by 6.2 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high proportion of residents are active in unpaid work, with 14.4% providing unpaid care, which is among the highest at this level. This is alongside 27.8% of people caring for children unpaid, a figure much higher than most areas.
14.4% ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 91% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 78% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▼ -8.3%
Higher than 52% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 21.8%
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.
Around 3.2% of people in Bendigo have served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the 2.0% recorded across Victoria and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.2%
Lower than 52% of urban area 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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2004/bendigo/topic/community