17.6% ▼ -26.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Byron Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Byron Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Byron Bay is an area where community spirit is strong, though household duties are less common than in other regions. About 17.6% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are high here, with 17.6% of people giving their time. This is well above both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much lower than in most areas. Only 18.5% of people care for children unpaid and 8.3% provide general unpaid care, both of which are well below the state and national figures.
8.3% ▼ -20.4%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.5% ▼ -14.2%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.2% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 16.2%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.5%. This is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 63% 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 Byron Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10731/byron-bay/topic/community