15.1% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 51% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brunswick - Coburg · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Brunswick - Coburg
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Brunswick - Coburg involves a mix of active community help and varied care roles. About 15.1% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little above the national figure. While fewer people here provide childcare compared to other areas, there has been a rise in those supporting others through unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering sits around the middle for similar areas at 15.1%. This is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3%, though the rate has fallen 1.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care varies here; 12.8% of people provide unpaid care, which is higher than most areas and rose 2.1 percentage points since 2011. However, those caring for children (20.4%) and doing 15 or more hours of housework (16.8%) are well below state and national levels.
12.8% ▲ +19.7%
Higher than 62% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.4% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 88% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.8% ▲ +3.6%
Lower than 87% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 16.8%
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 0.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and is a little below the Victorian figure of 2.0%.
0.9%
Lower than 98% of sub-region (sa3) 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 - Coburg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20601/brunswick-coburg/topic/community