19.2% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Barton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Barton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in Barton have stayed steady over the last decade, with 19.2% of people giving their time. This level of community involvement is much higher than the national figure, while the area is also notable for its high number of former defence force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.2% of people in Barton volunteer, which is roughly the same as the figure for the Australian Capital Territory and well above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in most other areas. Only 13.7% of people care for children unpaid and 12.5% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below the national and territory figures.
9.6% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.7% ▼ -1.4%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.5% ▲ +10.5%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 12.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 10.7% of the population. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and is well above the 6.0% seen across the ACT.
10.7%
Higher than 97% 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 Barton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80022/barton/topic/community