16.9% ▼ -49.5%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 45.4%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Barwon Downs · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Barwon Downs
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Barwon Downs has remained steady, with 16.9% of residents volunteering their time. This rate is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%. While fewer people here provide unpaid care for children, a much higher proportion take on significant housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.9% of people in Barwon Downs volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. This level of participation is around the middle for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is common here, with 31.4% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, a figure far above the 20.7% national average. In contrast, the 16.9% of people caring for children unpaid is well below both the state and national figures of 26.3%.
11.0% ▼ -30.9%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.9% ▼ -39.1%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.4% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 31.4%
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 higher than average 4.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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 Barwon Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20161/barwon-downs/topic/community