16.5% ▼ -24.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bairnsdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bairnsdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Bairnsdale have stepped up to volunteer recently than in previous years. The town shows a strong spirit of service, with 16.5% of residents volunteering, which is well above the Victorian average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 16.5% of people in Bairnsdale volunteer their time. This is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 14.5% of residents provide unpaid care—a figure higher than most areas—far fewer people here look after children unpaid compared to the rest of the state. However, 22.8% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is a little above the national figure.
14.5% ▲ +16.5%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.6% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 22.8%
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.
A higher than usual proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force. At 3.4%, this is a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria and slightly higher than the Australian average.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Bairnsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20103/bairnsdale/topic/community