17.0% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bairnsdale · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Bairnsdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 17% of people in Bairnsdale volunteer their time, a figure well above the state average. This strong spirit of giving is a key part of the local community. While volunteering remains steady, other forms of unpaid support and care have shifted over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17% of residents helping out. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and has remained steady since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is more common than in most areas, with 14.5% of people doing so. However, the number of people caring for children unpaid has fallen sharply since 2011, now sitting well below the national figure of 26.3%.
14.5% ▲ +22.4%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.6% ▼ -28.9%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▼ -4.6%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 23.1%
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 seen in 3.5% of the population, which is a little above the 2% recorded for Victoria.
3.5%
Lower than 52% 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 Bairnsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL213001/bairnsdale/topic/community