17.2% ▼ -25.3%
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bairnsdale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Bairnsdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Bairnsdale give their time to others than in most other areas. This spirit of helping is seen in a high number of volunteers and those who provide unpaid care to others in the community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.2% of people here volunteer, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%. However, this is down 5.8 percentage points from 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.6% of people providing care and 24.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above the national figures. In contrast, the 23.3% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
14.6% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 24.1%
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 higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.4% of the population having served.
3.4%
Higher than 65% 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 Bairnsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/205021081/bairnsdale/topic/community