19.8% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bayview · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bayview
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering and military service make Bayview a standout for community involvement. About 20% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This spirit of service is most visible in the high number of former or current Defence Force members living here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people in Bayview volunteer, a figure that is well above the 14.1% recorded across both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in other areas; for example, those doing 15 or more hours of housework each week are well below the national figure. Only 10.4% of residents provide unpaid care, which is a little below the Australian average.
10.4% ▲ +142.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.7% ▲ +7.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 15.7%
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.
A striking 8.3% of people in Bayview have served in the Defence Force. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
8.3%
Higher than 92% 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 Bayview [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70025/bayview/topic/community