25.6% ▼ -39.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.9%
- 2016: 46.3%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brocklesby · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brocklesby
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of residents in Brocklesby volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement stands out against other trends in the area, where unpaid family care is much less common than usual.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25.6% of people helping out. This is far above the 13.0% seen in New South Wales and the 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.3% of people provide some form of unpaid care, those caring for children unpaid are much lower than most areas at 18.3%. Similarly, only 18.3% do 15 or more hours of housework, which is a little below the national figure of 20.7%.
13.3% ▲ +154.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.3% ▼ -50.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 44.9%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.3% ▼ -41.3%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 18.3%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most areas, with 4.9% of the population having served. This is a little above the 2.3% in New South Wales and 2.8% nationally.
4.9%
Higher than 80% 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 Brocklesby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10581/brocklesby/topic/community