18.2% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Barkly · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Barkly
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of unpaid work defines daily life in Barkly, where 18.2% of people volunteer their time. This rate is well above the figures for both Victoria and Australia. Residents are also much more likely than those in other areas to provide unpaid care to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.2% of people giving their time. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent, as 47.7% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, far above the national figure of 20.7%. While 18.2% of people provide unpaid care—well above the 11.9% Australian average—the 13.6% who care for children unpaid is far below the national rate of 26.3%.
18.2% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.6% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
47.7% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 47.7%
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 figures for Victoria and Australia.
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 Barkly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20142/barkly/topic/community