4.8% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Berkshire Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Berkshire Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 4.8% of people volunteer in Berkshire Park, which is one of the lowest rates for this kind of area. This lack of community involvement is seen across the board, with very low numbers of people providing unpaid care or housework compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The 4.8% volunteering rate is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is far less common here than elsewhere, with only 11.3% of people caring for children unpaid, compared to 26.3% across Australia. Similarly, the 12.1% who do over 15 hours of housework is well below the national figure of 20.7%.
6.5% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.3% ▼ -25.5%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.1% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 12.1%
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, at 0.5%, which is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
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 Berkshire Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10305/berkshire-park/topic/community