19.4% ▼ -22.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Baw Baw · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Baw Baw
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid support and volunteer in Baw Baw than in most similar areas. The community is notably active, with 22.7% of residents providing unpaid care, a figure far above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people volunteer here. At 19.4%, this is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common in Baw Baw. About 35.2% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%, while 29.2% provide unpaid childcare.
22.7% ▲ +118.3%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.2% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.2% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 35.2%
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 much more common here than in most areas. A total of 4.6% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the national rate of 2.8%.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Baw Baw [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10234/baw-baw/topic/community