22.5% ▲ +16.9%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Medlow Bath · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Medlow Bath
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 23% of people in Medlow Bath volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This creates a community where a high proportion of residents give their time to help others. This trend of local giving has grown steadily since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most areas, with 22.5% of people helping out. This is 8.4 percentage points higher than the Australian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 18.5%, which has fallen 14 points since 2011. Meanwhile, 26.8% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, a rate well above the national figure.
11.2% ▲ +10.4%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.5% ▼ -43.9%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.8% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 26.8%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 5% of the population. This is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the state average.
5.0%
Higher than 77% 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 Medlow Bath [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121074/medlow-bath/topic/community