16.6% ▼ -28.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Barrington · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Barrington
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Barrington is marked by a low rate of unpaid care and a strong tradition of military service. While 16.6% of residents volunteer, the area has a much lower proportion of people caring for children compared to most other regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 16.6% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the national figure but slightly below the Tasmanian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in most areas; only 16.1% of people care for children, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Unpaid care for others is also well below the state average at 9.3%, though 22.8% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
9.3% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.1% ▼ -24.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -27.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 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 residents have served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas, with 3.6% of the population having served.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Barrington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60032/barrington/topic/community