11.3% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brodies Plains · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brodies Plains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Roughly 30.2% of people in Brodies Plains do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week, a figure well above the national average. While many residents handle significant home duties, others are less likely to volunteer or provide childcare compared to most areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.3% of residents are volunteers, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 17.0%, yet 15.1% of people provide other types of unpaid care, which is well above the New South Wales figure.
15.1% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.0% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.2% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 30.2%
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, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
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 Brodies Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10583/brodies-plains/topic/community