14.4% ▲ +2.0%
Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bayswater · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Bayswater
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few gaps exist between Bayswater and the rest of the country when it comes to community involvement. Most residents follow national patterns in how they volunteer and care for others, with 14.4% of the population giving their time to volunteer work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.4% of people here volunteer, which is a little below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%. This level of participation has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 25.7% of people caring for children and 11.1% providing other unpaid care, a figure that rose 1.6 points since 2011. However, the 18.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than in most other areas.
11.1% ▲ +17.2%
Lower than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.3% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 18.3%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 2.3%. This is lower than most areas, though it is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.3%
Lower than 70% of council (lga) 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 Bayswater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA50420/bayswater/topic/community