18.5% ▼ -25.4%
Higher than 88% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bradfield · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Bradfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, 18.5% of people in Bradfield volunteer their time. This high level of community involvement is matched by a strong trend of people providing unpaid care and housework at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
While volunteering remains much higher than in most areas, the share of people who volunteer in Bradfield has fallen 6.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is common here, with 30% of people caring for children and 24.9% doing heavy housework, both figures well above the New South Wales and national averages. Meanwhile, 11.4% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
11.4% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.0% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.9% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 93% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 24.9%
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.
Very few residents have served in the Defence Force, at just 1.8%, which is much lower than most similar areas.
1.8%
Lower than 75% of federal electorate 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 Bradfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED106/bradfield/topic/community