37.9% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 37.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Berry Mountain · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Berry Mountain
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 38% of people in Berry Mountain volunteer, making it one of the most active areas for community work. This high level of local engagement stands out against a backdrop where very few people provide unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 37.9% of residents helping out. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 51.7% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework—far above the national figure of 20.7%—other forms of care are rare. No one reported providing unpaid care for others, and only 13.8% care for children, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.8% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
51.7% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 51.7%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
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 Berry Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10323/berry-mountain/topic/community