19.6% ▼ -33.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Byabarra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Byabarra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Byabarra is marked by a strong commitment to helping others, with nearly 20% of people volunteering. This is well above the national figure and reflects a community where many residents give their time to support local needs.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.6% of people volunteer their time, which is well above both the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 19.6% of people providing care and 28.9% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both figures being well above the national average. Meanwhile, 24.8% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the state figure.
19.6% ▲ +58.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.8% ▲ +0.0%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.9% ▼ -21.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.8%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 28.9%
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 small number of people who served in the Defence Force live here, at 3.0%, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 55% 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 Byabarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10725/byabarra/topic/community