12.1% ▼ -29.3%
Lower than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brewarrina · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Brewarrina
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people are contributing unpaid time to their community in Brewarrina than they were a decade ago. This shift is most clear in the drop in unpaid care and volunteering, with only 12.1% of residents now volunteering their time.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen 5.0 percentage points since 2011 to 12.1%, a rate that is much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work has dropped across the board since 2011, including the 18.1% of people caring for children and 7.8% providing other unpaid care, both of which are well below the national figures.
7.8% ▼ -21.3%
Lower than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.1% ▼ -25.9%
Lower than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.6% ▼ -24.8%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 15.6%
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.
Only 0.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is among the lowest rates for this level of area and a little below the New South Wales average.
0.7%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) 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 Brewarrina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11200/brewarrina/topic/community