23.5% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.5%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Breelong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Breelong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 36% of people in Breelong provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others, with a very high number of residents volunteering their time compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.5% of people helping out, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 35.3% of residents provide unpaid childcare—much higher than most areas—only 8.8% provide other types of unpaid care, which is well below the national figure. Around 23.5% of people do more than 15 hours of unpaid housework weekly.
8.8% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.3% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 23.5%
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.
No one in Breelong has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages.
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 Breelong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10557/breelong/topic/community