19.5% ▼ -25.0%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Barraba · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Barraba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A shift in local habits has seen volunteering and childcare roles drop since 2011, though Barraba remains a place where people give back. Nearly 20% of residents still volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. While child care has fallen, a growing number of people are providing other types of unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.5% of people helping out, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. However, this is a drop from 2011, when 25.9% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 17.4%, down 12 points since 2011. In contrast, those providing other types of unpaid care rose to 15.8%, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%.
15.8% ▲ +43.4%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.4% ▼ -41.1%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 22.9%
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 more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.0% of people having served. This is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.0%
Higher than 60% 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 Barraba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115010/barraba/topic/community