12.3% ▼ -31.5%
Lower than 91% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bacchus Marsh · Urban Area
Community Participation in Bacchus Marsh
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 31% of people in Bacchus Marsh provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This highlights a community where a large number of residents balance home responsibilities with other commitments. However, local volunteering has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.3% of residents volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas. This is a little below the national figure of 14.1% and has fallen 5.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common here than in most areas, with 13.7% of people helping out. This is consistent with the high proportion of people caring for children, which at 31% is well above the Victorian average of 26.3%.
13.7% ▲ +15.7%
Higher than 74% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.0% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 94% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 50% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 21.7%
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 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is much lower than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.7%
Lower than 75% 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 Bacchus Marsh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2001/bacchus-marsh/topic/community