32.4% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Barrengarry · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Barrengarry
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one third of people in Barrengarry volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community involvement is a defining feature of the area, which also sees more people performing significant unpaid housework and serving in the Defence Force than most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 32.4% of residents helping out. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A large 30.7% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 12.8% provide unpaid care, and 23.5% care for children unpaid, which is a little below the national average.
12.8% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.5% ▼ -25.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.7% ▼ -10.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 30.7%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is much more common here than in most areas, with 6.1% of people having served. This is well above both the state figure of 2.3% and the national average of 2.8%.
6.1%
Higher than 87% 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 Barrengarry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10214/barrengarry/topic/community