11.9% ▼ -58.2%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bargo · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Bargo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people in Bargo provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than in most other areas. While family care is common, other forms of community involvement are less frequent here. This creates a profile where home-based care is more prominent than external volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.9% of people volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%. This is a significant drop from 2011, when 28.6% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 25.8% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, a figure well above the national average. This aligns with a higher-than-usual 28.2% of residents who provide unpaid childcare.
12.1% ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.2% ▼ -22.0%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 25.8%
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.
About 2.9% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than in most areas and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.9%
Lower than 67% of urban centre 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 Bargo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115007/bargo/topic/community