10.0% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Baerami · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Baerami
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 31% of people in Baerami spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure far above the national average. This community is marked by high levels of home-based work, though volunteering is much lower than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10% of residents volunteer, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1% and much lower than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 12.5% of people provide some form of unpaid care, only 8.8% do so for children, which is far below the New South Wales rate of 25.3%.
12.5% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.8% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.3% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 31.3%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.6% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the state average of 2.3%.
3.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality 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 Baerami [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10135/baerami/topic/community