43.6% ▲ +39.9%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 43.6%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Breakfast Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Breakfast Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
An impressive 43.6% of people volunteer in Breakfast Creek, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This high level of community spirit is a standout feature for the location, far exceeding both state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 43.6% of residents giving their time. This is far above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 41.0% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—far above the national figure of 20.7%—others are much less likely to provide care. Only 10.3% provide unpaid childcare, and no one in the area reported providing other forms of unpaid care.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.3% ▼ -48.5%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
41.0% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.7%
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 41.0%
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 rates 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 Breakfast Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10553/breakfast-creek/topic/community