# Community Participation — Barrack Heights

How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.

Area: Barrack Heights (Suburb / Locality)

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.

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 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.

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%.

## Statistics

| Statistic | Value | Change since |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Volunteers | 7.8% | -30.2% since 2011 |
| People providing unpaid care | 14.3% | -1.5% since 2011 |
| People caring for children unpaid | 26.1% | -10.0% since 2011 |
| People who served in the Defence Force | 2.0% | — |
| People doing 15+ hours of unpaid housework | 22.6% | -12.4% since 2011 |

Interactive: https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10208/barrack-heights/topic/community