17.2% ▲ +5.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bayswater · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bayswater
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Bayswater has remained steady, with 17.2% of people volunteering. This is well above the national figure of 14.1% and slightly higher than the Western Australian average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.2% of residents volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and a little above the state figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.7% of people provide unpaid childcare—a rate higher than most areas—those doing 15 or more hours of housework each week are much lower than most areas at 18.8%.
11.3% ▲ +16.5%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.7% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.8% ▼ -3.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 18.8%
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 common here, with 2.5% of people having served, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and Australia.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Bayswater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50083/bayswater/topic/community