8.8% ▼ -24.8%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Barnsley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Barnsley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local involvement in Barnsley has shifted, with a notable 32.3% of residents now providing unpaid childcare. While formal volunteering is low, there is a strong focus on family and home care. This reflects a community more centered on private caregiving than on organised volunteer work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.8% of people in Barnsley volunteer, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 13.0% and among the lowest for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here; 15.2% of residents do so, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is driven by the 32.3% of people caring for children unpaid, a rate much higher than most areas.
15.2% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.3% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.3% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 21.3%
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.
About 2.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Barnsley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10205/barnsley/topic/community