10.7% ▼ -25.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
New Berrima · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in New Berrima
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 31% of people in New Berrima provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. While home-based care is common here, other types of community involvement are less frequent than in most areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.7% of residents volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 27.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, well above the New South Wales figure. This aligns with the high rate of unpaid childcare, which is 6.4 percentage points higher than the state average.
12.6% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.7% ▼ -23.2%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.2%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.7% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 27.7%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.1%, which is a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
1.1%
Lower 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 New Berrima [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12947/new-berrima/topic/community