16.1% ▼ -36.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Barlows Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Barlows Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A modest share of residents in Barlows Hill contribute their time to others, with 16.1% of people volunteering. This level of community involvement is a little above the state and national figures of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.1% of people here volunteer their time, which is a little above the national figure but lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the 11.7% who provide unpaid care is lower than in most areas, 25.7% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average of 20.7%.
11.7% ▲ +2.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -16.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 25.7%
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.
More people have served in the Defence Force here than in most similar areas, with 3.6% of the population having served.
3.6%
Higher than 66% 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 Barlows Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30163/barlows-hill/topic/community