14.8% ▲ +3.1%
Lower than 53% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bayswater - Bassendean · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Bayswater - Bassendean
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 26.2% of people in Bayswater - Bassendean provide unpaid child care, making it the most common form of community contribution in the area. Other forms of participation, like volunteering and general caregiving, align closely with state and national patterns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is steady here, with 14.8% of people giving their time. This is about the same as the national figure and has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is slightly below the state average at 26.2%, though this figure has risen since 2011. Meanwhile, the 18.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than in most other areas.
11.2% ▲ +16.5%
Lower than 65% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 51% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.7% ▼ -6.0%
Lower than 74% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 18.7%
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 2.5% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
2.5%
Lower than 66% 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 Bayswater - Bassendean [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50401/bayswater-bassendean/topic/community