19.1% ▼ -17.1%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Batesford · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Batesford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, 19.1% of people in Batesford volunteer their time. This community is highly active in unpaid work, with far more people providing care and help at home than in other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five residents volunteers, which is well above the Victorian rate of 13.3%. This is a drop from 2011, when 23% of the population volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 19.5% of people providing unpaid care, a figure well above the national average. This includes 32% who care for children and 28.8% who spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
19.5% ▲ +38.0%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.0% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.8% ▲ +15.9%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 28.8%
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.
A small minority of the population has served in the Defence Force, at 2.4%. This is much lower than most similar areas and about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
2.4%
Lower than 79% 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 Batesford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221004/batesford/topic/community