17.2% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brimbin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brimbin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Brimbin give their time to others compared to the national average. This is seen in a strong culture of helping out, with 17.2% of the population volunteering. These figures show a community where people are actively involved in supporting their neighbours and local causes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.2% of people here volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the own national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 19.0% of people providing care and 25.9% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above the national figures. However, the 22.4% who provide unpaid childcare is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
19.0% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.9% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 25.9%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the New South Wales and Australian 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 Brimbin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10569/brimbin/topic/community