10.9% ▼ -36.5%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Batemans Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Batemans Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Lower rates of volunteering and unpaid care mark the community profile of Batemans Bay compared to similar areas. While 10.9% of people volunteer, this is well below the national figure of 14.1%. The area is also far less likely to have residents providing unpaid childcare than the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.9% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This figure is a little below the New South Wales average and well below the Australian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here, with only 14.9% of people caring for children, which is far below the national rate of 26.3%. Similarly, the 15.7% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework is well below the state and national figures.
11.3% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.9% ▼ -16.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.7% ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 15.7%
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.
A higher proportion of people in Batemans Bay have served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas. At 3.8%, this is a little above both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
3.8%
Higher 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 Batemans Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10229/batemans-bay/topic/community