10.6% ▼ -52.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brewongle · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brewongle
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people volunteer in Brewongle than in most other parts of the country. While only 10.6% of residents give their time to volunteer work, there is a stronger presence of former Defence Force members compared to the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.6% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is common at 29.3%, which is well above the NSW figure. However, Brewongle is much less likely than most areas to have people providing other types of unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework.
8.1% ▼ -47.6%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.3% ▼ -24.9%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 16.3%
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.
A higher proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 4.1% of residents having served compared to 2.8% nationally.
4.1%
Higher than 72% 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 Brewongle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10561/brewongle/topic/community