11.7% ▼ -17.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Baldivis · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Baldivis
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong focus on family life has shaped the local community in Baldivis, where 38% of people provide unpaid childcare. While this rate is far above the national figure, other forms of community involvement, such as volunteering, are less common than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.7% of residents volunteer their time, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 38% of people providing this care, a rate far above the Australian average of 26.3%. Other forms of support are less frequent, as the 9.5% who provide general unpaid care is much lower than in most areas.
9.5% ▲ +21.4%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.0% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.0%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 38.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.4% ▼ -19.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 20.4%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 5.3% of the population, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.3%
Higher than 83% 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 Baldivis [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50054/baldivis/topic/community