16.7% ▼ -40.7%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Benalla · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Benalla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Benalla shows a mixed pattern of community involvement, with volunteer rates sitting around the middle for similar areas. While 16.7% of people volunteer, this is a significant drop from 28.2% back in 2011. Other forms of unpaid work, such as caring for others, remain more common here than in most other regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Local volunteering is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%, though the 16.7% rate represents a sharp 11 point fall since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is more common here than in most areas, with 14.3% of people providing support. However, the share of people caring for children is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
14.3% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.5% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -14.4%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 22.8%
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 a little more common in Benalla than across Victoria or Australia, with 3.8% of residents having served.
3.8%
Higher than 57% 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 Benalla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214003/benalla/topic/community