8.5% ▼ -20.6%
Lower than 88% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Barton · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Barton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 8.5% of people in Barton volunteer, which is well below the national figure. This low level of community participation extends to unpaid care and service roles, making the area much less active in these areas than most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Barton are much lower than most areas and have fallen by 2.2 points since 2011. At 8.5%, this is well below the New South Wales figure of 13%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower here than in most areas, with only 10.4% of people providing care. This includes those looking after children, which fell to 21.3% since 2011, and those doing 15 or more hours of housework, which stayed steady at 18.3%.
10.4% ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 78% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.3% ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.3% ▼ -0.4%
Lower than 74% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 18.3%
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.
Defence service is among the lowest for similar areas, with just 0.8% of people having served. This is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.8%
Lower than 95% of federal electorate 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 Barton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED102/barton/topic/community