16.5% ▼ -9.6%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bega · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Bega
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of service defines Bega, where 16.5% of residents volunteer their time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. While volunteering has dipped slightly since 2011, people here remain more active in unpaid community work than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.5% of people in Bega volunteer, which is a little above the Australian average of 14.1%. This rate has fallen by 1.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.1% of people providing care—a figure higher than most areas. While 25.7% care for children at a rate similar to the rest of the country, those doing 15 or more hours of housework have fallen to 22.9% since 2011.
14.1% ▲ +33.1%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▲ +21.6%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 22.9%
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 less common in Bega than in most other areas. Only 2.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.7%
Lower than 73% of urban centre 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 Bega [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115013/bega/topic/community