12.7% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bayswater · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Bayswater
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in Bayswater provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution here. While child care is frequent, overall volunteering has dropped to 12.7% since 2011, leaving the area with a lower rate of volunteers than most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen by 3.3 percentage points since 2011. At 12.7%, the rate is now lower than most areas and sits a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.2% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures. Meanwhile, 12.3% of people provide unpaid care, a figure that has risen by 2.1 percentage points since 2011.
12.3% ▲ +20.1%
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.0% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 19.0%
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 here than in most areas, with 1.9% of the population having served. This is about the same as the state average of 2.0%.
1.9%
Lower than 74% 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 Bayswater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/211011251/bayswater/topic/community