18.8% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Berri · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Berri
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Berri volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. While community spirit remains strong, fewer people are providing unpaid childcare compared to previous years and other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.8% of residents volunteer, a figure higher than most similar areas and well above the 14.1% national average. However, this has fallen by 2.5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare here than in the rest of the country, at 21.1%. While housework and childcare roles have declined since 2011, the number of people providing other unpaid care rose to 13.7%.
13.7% ▲ +19.6%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.1% ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 21.5%
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.
Around 3.7% of the community have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for South Australia and the rest of the nation.
3.7%
Higher than 54% 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 Berri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415006/berri/topic/community