14.4% ▼ -25.3%
Lower than 64% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bathurst · Urban Area
Community Participation in Bathurst
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Bathurst have spent their time volunteering since 2011, with the rate falling from 19.3% to 14.4%. While many residents still help out, the area now sees lower participation in these activities than most similar places. This shift in community involvement sits alongside a slight drop in those providing unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.4% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the NSW figure of 13.0% and about the same as the national average. However, this is lower than in most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is more common here than in most areas, with 27.3% of people providing this support. Meanwhile, 12.4% of residents provide other types of unpaid care, a figure that has risen since 2011.
12.4% ▲ +14.1%
Lower than 62% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 73% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.5% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 67% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 20.5%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 2.9%. This is lower than in most similar areas, though it is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.9%
Lower than 65% 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 Bathurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1005/bathurst/topic/community