17.9% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 81% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Byron Bay · Urban Area
Community Participation in Byron Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 18% of people in Byron Bay volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit stands out, even though the number of local volunteers has dipped since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most areas, with 17.9% of residents helping out, though this is 2.4 percentage points lower than in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common in Byron Bay, as the proportions of people caring for children, doing housework, or providing general unpaid care are all well below the state and national figures.
9.1% ▼ -33.6%
Lower than 91% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.2% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 92% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.2% ▼ -44.3%
Lower than 93% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 17.2%
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.
Only 1.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is a little below the Australian average and among the lowest for similar areas.
1.6%
Lower than 99% 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 Byron Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1008/byron-bay/topic/community