19.8% ▼ -18.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Braunstone · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Braunstone
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Braunstone provide unpaid care than in most other areas, with 22% of the population stepping up to help others. This high level of community support is seen across both formal volunteering and home-based care. It marks the area as a place where people are very active in looking after their families and neighbors.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.8% of residents giving their time. This is well above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is a major part of life in Braunstone, where 22% provide unpaid care—a figure far above the national average. This is reflected in the home, where 29.7% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the typical Australian household.
22.0% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.0% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.7% ▼ -12.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 29.7%
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 2.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the rates seen across New South Wales and the rest of Australia.
2.2%
Lower 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 Braunstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10547/braunstone/topic/community