24.3% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bredbo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bredbo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Bredbo volunteer and provide care compared to the state and national averages. This community is highly active in supporting others, with 24.3% of residents volunteering their time. This is more than 10 percentage points higher than the typical Australian.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.3% of people helping out. This figure is far above the New South Wales rate of 13% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a big part of life in Bredbo, as 15.5% of people provide unpaid care, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is consistent with 27.5% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework, a rate well above the 20.7% seen across Australia.
15.5% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.5% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 27.5%
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 more common here than in most similar areas. The 8% of residents who served in the Defence Force is well above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
8.0%
Higher than 91% 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 Bredbo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10556/bredbo/topic/community