18.1% ▼ -35.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Byrneside · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Byrneside
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 18% of people in Byrneside volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community spirit is seen alongside a strong presence of former Defence Force members. However, fewer people here provide unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.1% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 15.2% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is well above the Australian figure, this does not include childcare. Only 21.7% care for children unpaid, a rate well below the national average of 26.3%.
15.2% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.7% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.0% ▼ -57.9%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 13.0%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.7% of the population having served. This is a little above the 2.0% recorded for Victoria.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Byrneside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20436/byrneside/topic/community