13.9% —
Lower than 56% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bayswater (Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Bayswater (Eastern Metropolitan)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual 28.5% of people in Bayswater provide unpaid child care. While most residents contribute to their community through various roles, the number of local volunteers has dropped significantly since the last census.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.9% of people here volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and roughly the same as the national figure. This is a notable drop from 2016, when the rate was 19.2%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.3% of people providing care and 28.5% looking after children, both of which are higher than in most other areas. Meanwhile, the 20.6% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly is about the same as the state and national figures.
13.3% —
Higher than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.5% —
Higher than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% —
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 20.6%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 2.2% of the population, a figure that is lower than most other areas and slightly below the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.2%
Lower than 73% of state electorate 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 (Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED20401/bayswater/topic/community