28.6% ▼ -23.6%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.4%
- 2016: 41.4%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Breadalbane · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Breadalbane
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Breadalbane volunteer, making it a place where local contribution is far more common than in most other areas. This high level of community involvement is a standout feature of daily life for the town.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.6% of residents giving their time. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 31.9% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. However, those providing other types of unpaid care are much lower than in most areas, at just 8.8%.
8.8% ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.9% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▼ -28.7%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 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 area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures of 2.3% and 2.8%.
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 Breadalbane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10552/breadalbane/topic/community