14.3% ▼ -33.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bray Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bray Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Bray Park provide unpaid care, reflecting a strong local commitment to supporting others. While volunteer rates are lower than in many similar areas, the community shows a high level of involvement in domestic and caregiving roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of residents volunteer, which is about the same as the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common here than in most areas, with 17.2% of people helping out, well above the New South Wales figure of 11.5%. Around 23.5% of residents also do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is a little above the national average.
17.2% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.7% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▼ -25.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 23.5%
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 typical for the region, with 2.6% of the population having served, a figure about the same as both the state and national averages.
2.6%
Lower than 52% 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 Bray Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10549/bray-park/topic/community