14.8% ▼ -27.4%
Lower than 53% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bathurst · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Bathurst
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A drop of 5.6 percentage points in volunteering since 2011 is the most notable change in community participation for Bathurst. While 14.8% of people still volunteer, this is lower than the local rate seen ten years ago. Most other measures of unpaid work and service remain close to state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.8% of people in Bathurst volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and about the same as the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here, with 12.4% of people helping others and 26.6% caring for children, both figures sitting around the middle for similar areas.
12.4% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 55% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 55% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 54% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 21.5%
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.
About 2.9% of the population in Bathurst have served in the Defence Force, a result that is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.9%
Higher than 51% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Bathurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10301/bathurst/topic/community