17.4% ▼ -29.4%
Higher than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Barwon · State Electorate
Community Participation in Barwon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people volunteer in Barwon compared to the rest of the country. While 17.4% of residents give their time to the community, this is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This strong spirit of volunteering stands out even as other forms of unpaid work have declined.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, though the 17.4% of residents who do so is 7.3 percentage points lower than it was in 2011. This figure remains well above the New South Wales average of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people provide unpaid childcare here than in most areas, with 22.6% doing so, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 12.0% of people provide some form of unpaid care, a rate that has barely changed since 2011.
12.0% ▲ +7.0%
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.6% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 83% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 20.1%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.4% of the population. This is lower than most areas and is about the same as the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
2.4%
Lower than 65% of state electorate 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 Barwon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10006/barwon/topic/community