1.3% ▼ -85.4%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bayulu · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Bayulu
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in Bayulu (L) spend their time volunteering, though a high number of residents provide unpaid childcare. Only 1.3% of the population volunteers, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%. This suggests a community where unpaid support is focused primarily on the home and family rather than formal organisations.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest in the region, with only 1.3% of people taking part. This is far below the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and represents a drop of 7.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, as 36.4% of people care for children unpaid, which is far above the Australian figure of 26.3%. In contrast, other home duties are much less common, with only 1.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework and 4.4% providing general unpaid care.
4.4% ▼ -34.9%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.4% ▼ -30.4%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 52.3%
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
1.8% ▼ -85.3%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 little fewer people have served in the Defence Force here than in the rest of the country, with a rate of 1.3% compared to 2.8% nationally.
1.3%
Lower than 91% 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 Bayulu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522004/bayulu/topic/community