13.3% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brownsville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brownsville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define Brownsville compared to similar areas. While volunteering and housework levels are typical, 17.6% of residents provide unpaid care, a figure well above both the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.3% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most areas but remains about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While fewer people here provide unpaid childcare than in other areas, there is a striking number of residents providing general unpaid care, at 17.6%. This is well above the national figure of 11.9%.
17.6% ▲ +25.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.1% ▲ +3.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 21.6%
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.
Around 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.9%
Higher than 55% 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 Brownsville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10609/brownsville/topic/community