18.6% ▼ -28.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Barnawartha North · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Barnawartha North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of service defines Barnawartha North, where 18.6% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. The area also has a higher than usual proportion of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost one in five residents (18.6%) volunteer their time. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.8% of people provide unpaid childcare—a little above the national figure—those doing 15 or more hours of housework (17.9%) are much lower than most areas. Unpaid care for others is also a little below the state average at 11.5%.
11.5% ▼ -25.7%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.8% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.9% ▼ -36.8%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 17.9%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most other areas. At 4.4%, the share of people who served in the Defence Force is a little above the 2.8% national average.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Barnawartha North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20147/barnawartha-north/topic/community