20.3% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bateman (South Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Bateman (South Metropolitan)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people are providing unpaid care in Bateman than they were in 2011. This community is very active, with about 20% of residents volunteering, a figure well above the national average that has remained steady for a decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most areas, with 20.3% of people helping out. This is well above the 14.1% national figure and has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care has grown here, with 12.8% of people providing care and 30% caring for children. Both figures are higher than most areas, with the child care rate rising 4.2 points since 2011.
12.8% ▲ +28.2%
Higher than 65% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.0% ▲ +16.1%
Higher than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.6% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 22.6%
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.
About 2.6% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and is about the same as the Western Australian figure of 2.9%.
2.6%
Lower than 58% 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 Bateman (South Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED50605/bateman/topic/community