12.0% ▲ +10.9%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bacchus Marsh · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Bacchus Marsh
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More residents in Bacchus Marsh have stepped into unpaid care roles since 2011, though overall community volunteering remains low. While 13.7% of people now provide unpaid care, the proportion of locals who volunteer is much lower than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.0% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%. This rate has risen slightly by 1.2 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, with 30.9% of people caring for children unpaid, which is well above the 26.3% seen across Australia. Meanwhile, 13.7% of residents provide other unpaid care, a figure that rose 2.1 percentage points since 2011.
13.7% ▲ +17.9%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.9% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.3% ▼ -0.8%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 21.3%
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, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.7%
Lower than 72% 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 Bacchus Marsh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL212001/bacchus-marsh/topic/community