22.2% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Berrico · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Berrico
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost 22% of people in Berrico volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This highlights a strong culture of giving back in a place where residents are far more likely to handle significant housework duties than those in other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.2% of people helping out, which is well above the 13% seen in New South Wales and the 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 33.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—far above the national figure of 20.7%—those caring for children unpaid (22.2%) is well below the Australian average of 26.3%. Unpaid care for others sits at 11.1%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
11.1% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.2% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.3% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 33.3%
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.
No one in Berrico has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Berrico [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10314/berrico/topic/community