20.4% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bakers Swamp · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bakers Swamp
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 20.4% of people in Bakers Swamp volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit contrasts with very low rates of unpaid care and housework compared to other areas. The region is defined by active volunteering despite having few people in unpaid care roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.4% of residents helping out. This is well above the 13% seen in New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much lower than most areas, with only 7.4% of people providing care and 13% doing over 15 hours of housework. This is far below the national figures for both care and housework.
7.4% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.8% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.0% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 13.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for both the state and the nation.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 Bakers Swamp [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10143/bakers-swamp/topic/community