17.0% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brays Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brays Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A stronger-than-average spirit of volunteering defines Brays Creek, where 17% of people give their time to others. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13%. While community help is common, other forms of unpaid care and service are less frequent than in most areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is a key feature of the area, with 17% of residents helping out. This is 4 percentage points higher than the state average and a little above the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Few residents provide unpaid care, with only 10% doing so, which is much lower than most other areas. This trend extends to childcare, where the 23% rate is well below the Australian average.
10.0% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.0% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 22.0%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the New South Wales and Australian figures.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Brays Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10550/brays-creek/topic/community