12.8% ▼ -20.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bayswater · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bayswater
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community engagement in Bayswater (Vic.) is generally in line with state and national patterns, though volunteering rates are notably low. Only 12.8% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The volunteering rate of 12.8% is slightly below the Australian figure of 14.1% and about the same as Victoria's 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 12.2% of residents provide unpaid care and 26% care for children unpaid, both of which are about the same as the state and national figures. However, the 18.9% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework is much lower than in most other areas.
12.2% ▲ +19.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.9% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 18.9%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.0% of the population, a figure that is lower than most areas but about the same as the state and national totals.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Bayswater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20173/bayswater/topic/community