13.8% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Berry Springs · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Berry Springs
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Berry Springs has remained steady over the last decade, with a strong presence of former service members. This is a place where over 5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.8% of people here volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the Northern Territory and national rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 27.7% of residents caring for children and 23.2% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, which is well above the territory figure.
11.4% ▲ +62.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▲ +9.5%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 23.2%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 5.3%, a rate that is a little above the national figure and much higher than most other areas.
5.3%
Higher than 84% 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 Berry Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70030/berry-springs/topic/community