32.8% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Barkers Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Barkers Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one third of people in Barkers Creek volunteer their time, a figure far above the national average. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others through both formal volunteering and providing significant unpaid care in the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 32.8% of residents giving their time. This is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life for many, with 30% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with higher rates of people providing unpaid care (17.3%) and those caring for children (27.8%).
17.3% ▲ +28.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% ▲ +16.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.0% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 30.0%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most similar areas. Around 3.3% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Victorian rate of 2.0%.
3.3%
Higher than 60% 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 Barkers Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20141/barkers-creek/topic/community