13.4% ▼ -19.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Breakfast Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Breakfast Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Breakfast Point is marked by lower rates of unpaid care than elsewhere in the region. Only 10% of residents provide unpaid care, which is much lower than most similar areas. This trend extends to childcare, where far fewer people provide unpaid help compared to the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.4% of people here volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the New South Wales and national averages, though it is lower than in most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon here, with only 10% of people providing this support, which is much lower than most areas. This is consistent with a low 21.3% of residents caring for children unpaid, a figure well below the national average.
10.0% ▼ -1.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.3% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.4% ▲ +11.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 20.4%
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 2.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for its level and about the same as the state and national figures.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10554/breakfast-point/topic/community