9.1% ▼ -34.9%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bradbury · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bradbury
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people provide unpaid childcare in Bradbury, which is a much higher figure than in most similar areas. This high level of family care stands out in a place where formal volunteering is quite low. It is a community focused heavily on the home and family.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is low here, with only 9.1% of people helping out. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 28.8% of people caring for children, which is well above the state average. Around 23.4% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, while 13.2% provide other types of unpaid care.
13.2% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.8% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% ▲ +3.1%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 23.4%
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.
About 2.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality 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 Bradbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10540/bradbury/topic/community