12.8% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bylands · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bylands
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a third of people in Bylands spend 15 hours or more each week on unpaid housework, a figure far above the national average. This level of domestic work stands out as the most prominent feature of local community participation in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 12.8% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and slightly below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 13.8% provide general unpaid care, 31.9% do significant housework, far above the 20.7% seen nationally. Notably, the 18.1% who care for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
13.8% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.1% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.9% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 31.9%
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.
No one in Bylands has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Bylands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20435/bylands/topic/community