6.7% ▼ -23.4%
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brimbank · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Brimbank
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people in Brimbank spend their spare time volunteering compared to other parts of the state. Only 6.7% of residents volunteer, a figure that has fallen since 2011 and sits well below the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the lowest for areas of this size, falling by 2 points since 2011 to reach 6.7%. This is well below the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 22.6%. Similarly, the 16.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework each week is well below the national figure of 20.7%.
12.0% ▲ +11.3%
Lower than 53% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.6% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 79% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.4% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 87% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 16.4%
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 0.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.8%
Lower than 99% 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 Brimbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21301/brimbank/topic/community