18.0% ▼ -22.9%
Higher than 87% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Berowra · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Berowra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Berowra, where 18% of people volunteer. This level of community involvement is much higher than in most other areas across the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
While volunteering is well above the national figure of 14.1%, the proportion of residents giving their time fell by 5.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here; 28.8% of people care for children unpaid and 26.5% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both figures well above the New South Wales average. Meanwhile, those providing general unpaid care sit at 12.1%, which is about the same as the national figure.
12.1% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 54% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.8% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 76% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.5% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 26.5%
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.
About 1.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most other areas.
1.9%
Lower than 73% 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 Berowra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED104/berowra/topic/community