10.0% ▼ -24.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brookvale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brookvale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Brookvale engage in unpaid care and volunteering compared to state and national figures. Only 10% of residents volunteer their time, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 10% of the population volunteers, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the New South Wales rate of 13%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less common here, with only 7.5% of people providing unpaid care, well below the national figure of 11.9%. Similarly, those doing 15 or more hours of housework (14.6%) and those caring for children unpaid (22.7%) are both well below state and national levels.
7.5% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.7% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.6% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 14.6%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.5% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 63% 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 Brookvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10598/brookvale/topic/community