13.3% ▼ -29.8%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bacchus Marsh · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bacchus Marsh
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people volunteer in Bacchus Marsh than in most similar areas, though other forms of community support remain common. While only 13.3% of residents volunteer, a higher than usual 27.3% provide unpaid childcare. This shows a local trend where family support is more common than formal community volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.3% of people in Bacchus Marsh volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This rate is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 27.3% of people providing this support, a figure higher than most similar areas. Meanwhile, 13.3% of residents provide other types of unpaid care, which is slightly above the national figure.
13.3% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 21.6%
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 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and a little above the Victorian average of 2.0%.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Bacchus Marsh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20095/bacchus-marsh/topic/community