22.4% ▼ -17.5%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Broulee · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Broulee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Broulee give their time to volunteering, which is a far higher rate than seen across the state. This community is marked by high levels of unpaid work and a strong presence of former defence personnel.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are well above the national figure, with 22.4% of residents helping out, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.6% of people providing care and 25.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework, a figure well above the New South Wales average.
13.6% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.0% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.1% ▼ -10.2%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 25.1%
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.
Former Defence Force members make up 5.4% of the population, which is well above the state average and much higher than in most other areas.
5.4%
Higher than 85% 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 Broulee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10605/broulee/topic/community