21.4% ▼ -16.2%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Baranduda · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Baranduda
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering and caregiving set Baranduda apart from most similar areas. About 21% of people here volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14%. This spirit of helping others extends into the home, where unpaid care for children and others is far more common than in the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.4% of people pitching in, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria. This is a drop from 2011, when the figure was 25.5%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high in Baranduda, with 38.8% of people caring for children—far above the national figure of 26.3%. This is alongside a high number of people providing other unpaid care (15.9%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly (25.9%).
15.9% ▲ +71.9%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.8% ▼ -15.2%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 45.8%
- 2016: 41.5%
- 2021: 38.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.9% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 25.9%
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.
Defence service is remarkably common here, with 9.9% of people having served. This is among the highest rates for this level and is well above the 2.8% national average.
9.9%
Higher than 99% 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 Baranduda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215008/baranduda/topic/community