9.1% ▼ -27.7%
Lower than 91% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Browns Plains · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Browns Plains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few people in Browns Plains volunteer compared to similar areas, with only 9.1% of residents doing so. This low level of community work stands in contrast to the high number of people providing unpaid childcare. It is a place where family responsibilities are more common than formal volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are well below the national figure of 14.1%, placing Browns Plains among the lowest areas for this activity. This trend has declined over time, falling 3.5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid childcare is common here, with 30% of people doing so—well above the Australian average of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 11.6% of residents provide other types of unpaid care, which is about the same as the state figure.
11.6% ▲ +12.0%
Lower than 59% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.0% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 83% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.8% ▼ -14.1%
Lower than 73% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 18.8%
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.
Defence Force service is less common here than in most other areas. Only 2.3% of residents have served, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.3%
Lower than 71% 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 Browns Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31103/browns-plains/topic/community