38.7% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 55.9%
- 2021: 38.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Berringama · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Berringama
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 39% of people in Berringama volunteer, which is far above the figures for Victoria and Australia. This high level of community involvement stands out as the most striking feature of the area's social participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The volunteer rate is 38.7%, putting Berringama among the highest for this activity and well above the Victorian average of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While no one here provides unpaid childcare, 16.1% of people provide other forms of unpaid care, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. Around 19.4% do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework weekly, a figure slightly below the national average.
16.1% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 19.4%
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.
No residents reported serving in the Defence Force, a result that is a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
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 Berringama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20220/berringama/topic/community