20.3% ▼ -23.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Berridale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Berridale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people get involved in community work in Berridale than in most similar areas. About 20.3% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This strong spirit of volunteering stands out as the most striking feature of local community life.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.3% of people giving their time. This is well above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales and 6.2 percentage points higher than the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 25.6% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the state and national figures. However, those providing other types of unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework are lower than in most areas.
10.5% ▼ -29.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.6% ▼ -13.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.8% ▼ -18.3%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 20.8%
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.
A higher proportion of people in Berridale have served in the Defence Force compared to most similar areas. At 3.7%, this is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Berridale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10315/berridale/topic/community