16.1% ▼ -24.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Batlow · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Batlow
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Batlow take part in unpaid care and volunteering than in most similar areas. While only 11% of residents provide unpaid care, 16.1% of the community still finds time to volunteer, which is a higher rate than the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 16.1% of people volunteer here, a rate that is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and slightly higher than the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 20.5% of people caring for children, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. About 21.8% of residents do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, similar to the state average.
11.0% ▲ +9.9%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.5% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▼ -17.6%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 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.
About 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as both the state and national averages.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Batlow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10232/batlow/topic/community