21.8% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brooklyn · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brooklyn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Brooklyn volunteer their time, making it a highly active community. This high level of local involvement is a standout feature of the area compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 21.8% of residents giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 24.8% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%, fewer people here provide unpaid care for children (23.2%) compared to most other areas.
11.3% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.2% ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 24.8%
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.
About 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Brooklyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10596/brooklyn/topic/community