21.0% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brombin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brombin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people chip in through unpaid work and volunteering in Brombin than in the rest of the state. Roughly 21% of residents volunteer their time, and the area has some of the highest rates of unpaid care and housework in the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21% of people helping out, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very high in Brombin, with 38% of people caring for children, far above the national figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with high rates of people providing other unpaid care (20%) and those doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly (26%).
20.0% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.0% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 38.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 26.0%
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.
A little more than the national average have served in the Defence Force, with 3.9% of residents having been in the service.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Brombin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10590/brombin/topic/community