12.6% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Beryl · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Beryl
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of volunteering and unpaid care mark Beryl as an outlier compared to similar areas. While 25.3% of people do a lot of unpaid housework, other forms of community and family support are less common here than in the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.6% of people volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few people provide unpaid care, with only 9.5% doing so, and the 17.9% who care for children unpaid is well below the Australian average of 26.3%. In contrast, 25.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the state figure of 21.2%.
9.5% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.9% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.3% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 25.3%
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 the community has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and a little below the national average 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 Beryl [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10326/beryl/topic/community