17.6% ▼ -22.6%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Byron Bay · Urban Centre
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 their time, a figure well above both the state and national averages. While community spirit remains high, the area sees far fewer people performing unpaid care or housework than typical Australian towns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.6% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% national figure, though this is 5.1 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much lower than in most areas, with only 8.9% of people providing unpaid care and 16.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework. This is well below the New South Wales average for both childcare and housework.
8.9% ▼ -30.2%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.9% ▼ -21.3%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.9% ▼ -39.5%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 16.9%
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 1.7% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 88% 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 Byron Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL113004/byron-bay/topic/community