20.3% ▼ -32.4%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brookfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brookfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Brookfield have stepped up to volunteer since 2011, with 20.3% of residents now giving their time. This is well above the national figure and shows a strong local commitment to community work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 20.3% of the community volunteers, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to the rest of Australia, 27.1% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average.
10.4% ▼ -29.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.6% ▼ -50.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% ▼ -20.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 27.1%
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 higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas, with 3.2% of the population having served.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Brookfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10593/brookfield/topic/community