16.6% ▼ -34.6%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part) · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual 4% of people in Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part) have served in the Defence Force. This reflects a community where service and volunteering are common, though the number of local volunteers has dropped significantly since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.6% of people volunteer here, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%. However, this is down 8.8 percentage points from 2011, when 25.4% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to most areas, 24.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Unpaid care for others is about the same as the state and national averages at 12.1%.
12.1% ▲ +10.7%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 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.
20.3% ▼ -10.3%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -12.0%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 24.3%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 4.0%, which is a little above the Victoria and Australia figures.
4.0%
Higher than 61% 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 Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215009/barham-koondrook/topic/community