17.5% ▼ -21.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Barmera · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Barmera
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Barmera has remained steady over the last decade, with a strong spirit of service. About 17.5% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Barmera sit at 17.5%, which is about the same as the South Australian average and higher than most other areas across the country.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare here than in the rest of the state, at 20.7%. Meanwhile, 13.6% of residents provide general unpaid care, and 22.8% do 15 or more hours of housework a week, both of which are slightly above national figures.
13.6% ▲ +26.2%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.7% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 22.8%
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 in Barmera have served in the Defence Force compared to most similar areas, accounting for 3.6% of the population.
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 Barmera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40073/barmera/topic/community