29.9% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 40.2%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Byawatha · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Byawatha
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Byawatha volunteer their time, making it a place where locals are far more active in community work than in most other areas. This spirit of helping others extends to the home, where a high number of residents provide unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are far above the national figure, with 29.9% of residents giving their time—well over the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 22.6% of people providing care, which is far above the national figure. While fewer people care for children compared to most areas, 33.6% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, a figure far above the 20.7% national average.
22.6% ▲ +61.9%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.6% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.6% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 33.6%
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.
A higher proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 4.4% of residents having served compared to 2.8% across Australia.
4.4%
Higher than 76% 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 Byawatha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20434/byawatha/topic/community