28.0% ▼ -24.1%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Barellan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Barellan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people in Barellan volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This strong level of community involvement defines the area's social spirit. Most other forms of community service and care here align closely with state and national trends.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most areas, with 28% of residents helping out. This is 15 percentage points higher than the New South Wales figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 24.9% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, those providing unpaid care or looking after children sit around the middle for similar areas.
12.3% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.8% ▼ -26.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.9% ▼ -16.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 24.9%
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 about the same as the state and national figures, with 2.3% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Barellan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10198/barellan/topic/community