20.1% ▼ -21.2%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Berowra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Berowra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local involvement has remained a strong feature of life in Berowra, where 20.1% of people volunteer. This rate is well above the national figure of 14.1%, marking the area as a place with significantly higher community participation than most other regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.1% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family responsibilities are common here, with 31.1% of people caring for children unpaid and 27.5% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both figures being well above the national average. General unpaid care is provided by 12.0% of the population, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
12.0% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.1% ▼ -18.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.1%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.5% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 27.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.3% of the population, a figure that is about the same as both New South Wales and Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Berowra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10308/berowra/topic/community