11.7% ▼ -24.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Berwick · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Berwick
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of child care define Berwick, where 31.3% of people look after children without pay. While family care is common, other forms of community involvement are less frequent than in similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.7% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care for children is well above the Victorian and Australian figures of 26.3%, though the 12.5% of people providing other unpaid care is about the same as the national average.
12.5% ▲ +25.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.3% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.0% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 21.0%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most areas, with 1.7% of people having served, a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower 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 Berwick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20224/berwick/topic/community