30.4% ▼ -29.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.3%
- 2016: 39.2%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Berriwillock · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Berriwillock
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 30% of people in Berriwillock volunteer, a figure far above the national rate. This is a place where a huge portion of the population gives their time to others, both through formal volunteering and by providing care and support at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 30.4% of residents helping out, which is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a big part of life in Berriwillock; 20.3% of people provide unpaid care and 33.1% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above the state and national figures.
20.3% ▲ +26.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.1% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.1% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 33.1%
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 slightly higher proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, at 3.4%, compared to 2.0% for Victoria.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Berriwillock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20221/berriwillock/topic/community