13.9% ▼ -21.3%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brightwaters · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brightwaters
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of unpaid housework defines the local effort in Brightwaters, where 30.6% of people spend 15 hours or more on these tasks each week. This level of home-based work is well above the national figure. Other forms of community contribution and service are more typical for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.9% of residents volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the New South Wales and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.7% of people providing care and 24.5% caring for children, which is a little below the national figure. This aligns with the fact that housework levels are much higher than most areas.
13.7% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% ▼ -16.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.6% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 30.6%
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.
Around 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.8%
Higher than 53% 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 Brightwaters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10567/brightwaters/topic/community