23.5% ▼ -20.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Barongarook West · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Barongarook West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people contribute their time and effort to others in Barongarook West than in most similar areas. This is a community where unpaid work is common, with nearly a quarter of residents volunteering and a very high number of people providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 23.5% of people helping out. This is far above the 13.3% figure for Victoria and well above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life for many, as 37.8% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly—far above the 20.1% seen in Victoria. This is consistent with other care roles, including the 31.3% who care for children and the 16.1% who provide other unpaid care, both of which are well above national figures.
16.1% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.3% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.8% ▲ +17.2%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 37.8%
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.
About 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the Victorian average of 2.0% and about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Barongarook West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20150/barongarook-west/topic/community