18.1% ▼ -43.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brooklet · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brooklet
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained a steady part of life in Brooklet, where 18.1% of people volunteer. This level of participation is well above the national figure and reflects a strong local commitment to helping others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.1% of residents in Brooklet volunteer their time, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A higher than usual number of people, 27.3%, do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week. However, the proportion of people providing unpaid care is much lower than most areas at 5.6%, well below the New South Wales figure of 11.5%.
5.6% ▼ -51.9%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -21.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% ▼ -23.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 27.3%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 3.8% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
3.8%
Higher 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 Brooklet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10595/brooklet/topic/community