14.3% ▼ -35.7%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bathurst · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Bathurst
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people in Bathurst provide unpaid care for children, which is higher than most similar areas. While many residents support their families, other forms of community contribution like volunteering have seen a notable decline over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of people volunteer their time, which is a little above the New South Wales figure. However, this is 8.0 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is common at 27.2%, though only 12.2% of people provide other types of unpaid care. Meanwhile, the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly fell to 20.2% since 2011.
12.2% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.2% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% ▼ -21.3%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 20.2%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most similar areas, with 2.9% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
2.9%
Lower than 68% of urban centre 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/ucl/UCL112002/bathurst/topic/community