20.1% ▲ +35.4%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 37.6%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Barellan · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Barellan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a fifth of the people in Barellan volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This strong spirit of helping others is a standout feature of the area, where community involvement has grown steadily since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.1% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above both the New South Wales and Australian averages. This rate has risen by 5.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 28.6% of people doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure. While 15% provide some form of unpaid care—much higher than most areas—the share of people caring for children unpaid has fallen to 22.2% since 2011.
15.0% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.2% ▼ -28.4%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 28.6%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, with 2.1% of the population having done so. This is about the same as the state and national figures, though much lower than in most similar areas.
2.1%
Lower than 85% 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 Barellan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122012/barellan/topic/community