7.8% ▼ -30.2%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Barrack Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Barrack Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people volunteer in Barrack Heights, with only 7.8% doing so compared to the national figure of 14.1%. While formal volunteering is well below average, many residents are active in the home through unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.8% of residents volunteer, which is among the lowest rate for areas of this type and well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.3% of people providing care, a figure a little above the national average. Around 26.1% care for children unpaid, while 22.6% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
14.3% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.6% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 22.6%
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 2.0% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Barrack Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10208/barrack-heights/topic/community