18.8% ▼ -12.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Berri · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Berri
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Berri volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. While many residents step up to help others, the area has a lower share of people caring for children compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.8% of people in Berri volunteer, a figure that is a little above the South Australian average and well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 21.1%, yet the rate of people providing general unpaid care is higher than most areas at 13.7%. About 21.5% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
13.7% ▲ +19.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.1% ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▼ -13.9%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 21.5%
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 share of people in Berri have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.7% of the population having served.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Berri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40098/berri/topic/community