25.1% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Broken Head · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Broken Head
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in Broken Head volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This reflects a community with very high levels of unpaid contribution, particularly through volunteering and caring for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A striking 25.1% of residents volunteer, a figure that is far above both the New South Wales average of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care roles are common here, with 31.7% of people caring for children unpaid, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 23.2% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, and 12.2% provide other unpaid care.
12.2% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.7% ▲ +25.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▲ +3.6%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 23.2%
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.
Defence service is less common in Broken Head than in most areas, with only 0.9% of people having served, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
0.9%
Lower than 68% 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 Broken Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10588/broken-head/topic/community