6.5% ▼ -31.0%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bass Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bass Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Bass Hill compared to the rest of the country, with only 6.5% of residents giving their time. This trend of lower community involvement extends into unpaid care and defence service, where figures sit below state and national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 6.5% of people here volunteer, which is among the lowest rate for similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 10.9% of people providing care. This is mirrored in housework, as the 18.3% who do 15 or more hours a week is much lower than in most other places.
10.9% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.9% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.3% ▼ -2.9%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 18.3%
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 frequent in Bass Hill, where 0.8% of people have served. This is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
0.8%
Lower than 69% 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 Bass Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10224/bass-hill/topic/community