8.7% ▼ -22.9%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Berkeley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Berkeley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer than 9% of people in Berkeley volunteer, which is well below the national figure. While community volunteering is low, there is a strong presence of people providing unpaid care for others in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.7% of residents volunteer their time. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and sits well below both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People providing unpaid care are more common here than in most areas, with 14.6% of residents helping out. This sits well above the state figure, while 24% of people provide unpaid childcare and 20.9% do over 15 hours of housework weekly.
14.6% ▲ +16.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.0% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 20.9%
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 1.9% of people in Berkeley have served in the Defence Force. This is lower than in most other areas, though it is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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).
More for Berkeley
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Berkeley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10303/berkeley/topic/community