16.6% ▼ -19.1%
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Batemans Bay - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Batemans Bay - South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in four people in Batemans Bay - South spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average. While many residents contribute to their community through volunteering and care, the area has a notably high proportion of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.6% of people helping out, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. However, this has fallen from 20.5% in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 19.0%, yet 12.9% of people provide other types of unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure. Meanwhile, 26.1% of residents do significant unpaid housework, well above the Australian average of 20.7%.
12.9% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.0% ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 26.1%
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 much higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.5% of the population having served, slightly above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
4.5%
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Batemans Bay - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/101041018/batemans-bay-south/topic/community