7.0% ▼ -34.2%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Berala · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Berala
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 7% of people volunteer in Berala, a rate that is well below the national figure. This low level of community involvement is mirrored in other areas of unpaid work and service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the lowest for similar areas, sitting at 7% compared to the 14.1% typical across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas. This includes people caring for children (18.3%), providing general unpaid care (9.5%), and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (17.1%), all of which are well below state and national figures.
9.5% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.3% ▼ -24.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.1% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 17.1%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, with 0.5% of people in Berala having done so, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
0.5%
Lower than 71% 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 Berala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10299/berala/topic/community