15.0% ▼ -22.7%
Lower than 57% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Batemans Bay · Urban Area
Community Participation in Batemans Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Batemans Bay is marked by a strong tradition of service and unpaid support. While 15.0% of residents volunteer their time, the area is most notable for having a much higher proportion of former Defence Force members than most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 15.0% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. However, this has fallen by 4.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much less common here than in the rest of Australia, where 26.3% of people provide this care compared to just 19.3% in Batemans Bay. In contrast, the 24.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is well above the national figure.
12.9% ▲ +6.0%
Lower than 51% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.3% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 87% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 24.3%
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 4.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits a little above the New South Wales average of 2.3%.
4.6%
Higher than 85% of urban area 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 Batemans Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1004/batemans-bay/topic/community