0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bara · Suburb / Locality
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Zero per cent of residents in Bara volunteered during the last year, which is far below the national figure. This lack of community volunteering is a standout feature for the area, where very few people also provide unpaid care to others.
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Not a single person in Bara reported volunteering, a figure that is far below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 25% of people do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—very few others provide care. Those caring for children unpaid are at 20%, which is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%, and no one reported providing other types of unpaid care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.0% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Bara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10190/bara/topic/community