20.8% ▼ -22.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Berringa · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Berringa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of residents in Berringa spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. This high level of home contribution is a key feature of the area, where community spirit is also strong and many people give their time to volunteer.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.8% of people helping out. This is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of life for 15.5% of residents, which is well above the Australian figure. While 35.7% spend 15 or more hours on housework—far above the state average—only 22.6% provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the national rate of 26.3%.
15.5% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.6% ▲ +13.1%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.7% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 35.7%
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.
A higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.2%, this is a little above both the Victorian figure of 2.0% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
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 Berringa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20219/berringa/topic/community