13.4% ▼ -21.6%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Branxton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Branxton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid family work define Branxton compared to similar areas. While volunteering is typical for the region, a striking 32.3% of residents provide unpaid childcare. This suggests a community where home and family duties take up a significant amount of people's time.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.4% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most areas. This figure is about the same as both the New South Wales and national rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is very common here, with 32.3% of people looking after children unpaid, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is mirrored by the 27.4% who do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework, a rate well above most other areas.
13.2% ▲ +13.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.3% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.9%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.4% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 27.4%
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 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the state and national figures.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Branxton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10546/branxton/topic/community