14.0% ▼ -24.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brandy Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brandy Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid support and care in Brandy Hill than in the rest of New South Wales. While about 15.3% of residents provide unpaid care—well above the state figure—the area also sees a much higher rate of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales rate of 13% and roughly the same as the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 29.9% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework a week, a figure well above the Australian average. This is consistent with other care roles, as 27.6% of people care for children unpaid.
15.3% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.9% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 29.9%
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 much more common in Brandy Hill than in most areas. Those who served in the Defence Force make up 5.8% of the population, which is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
5.8%
Higher than 86% 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 Brandy Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10545/brandy-hill/topic/community