18.9% ▼ -20.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Berrambool · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Berrambool
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained a steady feature of life in Berrambool, with volunteering and unpaid care which are both well above national figures. Nearly 19% of residents give their time to volunteer, which is far more common than in the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 18.9% of people in Berrambool volunteer, a figure that is well above the 13% seen in New South Wales and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many more people provide unpaid care here than in most other areas, with 16.3% doing so. While 22.8% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework, those caring for children unpaid are well below the national figure at 22.1%.
16.3% ▲ +41.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.1% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 22.8%
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.
Defence service is common at 2.7%, which is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.7%
Higher than 50% 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 Berrambool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10311/berrambool/topic/community