13.9% ▼ -27.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
East Bairnsdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in East Bairnsdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fifteen per cent of people in East Bairnsdale provide unpaid care, which is well above the national figure. This reflects a community where helping others is common, though it is less likely to be for children compared to other areas. A small but notable number of residents have also served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.9% of residents are volunteers, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While unpaid childcare is much lower than most areas at 18.3%, the overall rate of unpaid care is higher than most places. This includes 21.5% of people who do 15 or more hours of housework per week, a little above the state figure.
15.0% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.3% ▼ -28.7%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 21.5%
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 Force veterans make up 3.7% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Victorian average.
3.7%
Higher than 68% 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 East Bairnsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20827/east-bairnsdale/topic/community