15.5% ▼ -41.0%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Barnawartha · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Barnawartha
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 30.6% of people in Barnawartha provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This high level of family support is a key feature of the local community, even as other forms of volunteer work have declined.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen 11 points since 2011 to 15.5%. While this is lower than in most similar areas, it remains a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 16.2% of people providing care and 26.4% spending over 15 hours a week on housework. Both figures are well above the national averages.
16.2% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.6% ▲ +32.1%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.4% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 26.4%
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 slightly higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to the rest of the country, with 4% of the population having served.
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 Barnawartha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221003/barnawartha/topic/community