16.5% ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brunswick East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Brunswick East
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people give their time to volunteer in Brunswick East than in most other similar areas. While 16.5% of residents volunteer, the area sees much lower rates of unpaid care and housework compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.5% of people pitching in, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%. This is a drop from 2011, when 19.8% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is far less common here than in other areas. Only 16.4% of residents provide unpaid childcare and 13.7% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below the national figures.
9.8% ▲ +4.1%
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.4% ▼ -18.7%
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.7% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 13.7%
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.
Defence service is rare in the area, with only 0.8% of people having served. This is a little below the Victorian rate of 2.0% and the national figure of 2.8%.
0.8%
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Brunswick East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206011106/brunswick-east/topic/community