37.8% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Birriwa · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Birriwa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost 38% of people in Birriwa volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This strong level of community spirit is seen alongside a high number of people providing unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 37.8% of residents helping out. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and sits far above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well above the state and national figures at 32.4%. However, providing other types of unpaid care is far below the national average of 11.9% at 0.0%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.4% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.9% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 18.9%
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 Birriwa 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 Birriwa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10377/birriwa/topic/community