10.6% ▲ +38.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Berrimah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Berrimah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people get involved in community work in Berrimah than in most similar areas. Only 10.6% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national and territory figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is quite low here at 10.6%, sitting 3.5 percentage points below the average for both Australia and the Northern Territory.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 8% of people providing care. This includes a small number of people doing heavy housework (13.1%) and 23.6% caring for children unpaid, both of which are well below the national figures.
8.0% ▲ +329.8%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.6% ▲ +209.6%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.1% ▲ +250.9%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 13.1%
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 around the middle for its level, with 2.5% of the population having served. This is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8% and a little below the Northern Territory's 5.2%.
2.5%
Lower than 52% 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 Berrimah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70029/berrimah/topic/community