17.4% ▼ -18.4%
Higher than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bayside · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Bayside
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 17% of people in Bayside give their time as volunteers, making it a community where helping others is far more common than in most other areas. While this spirit of service is strong, the number of volunteers has fallen since 2011. This active approach to community life is matched by a high rate of unpaid care and family support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is well above the national figure of 14.1%, with 17.4% of residents helping out. However, this is a decline from 2011, when 21.3% of the population volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is very common here, as 14.5% of people provide unpaid care, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This is seen in the 28.8% of residents who care for children unpaid, a figure a little above the national average.
14.5% ▲ +20.6%
Higher than 95% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.8% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 76% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 21.8%
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.
Only 2.1% of people in Bayside have served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than in most other areas. This is about the same as the Victoria state figure of 2.0%.
2.1%
Lower than 75% 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 Bayside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20801/bayside/topic/community