25.2% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brucedale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brucedale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of residents in Brucedale volunteer, making it a place with exceptionally high community involvement. This spirit of helping others is reflected in the high rates of unpaid care and housework within the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far more common here than in most other areas, with 25.2% of people pitching in. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, with 19.7% of people providing care—a figure well above the 11.9% national average. This includes 27.9% of people caring for children unpaid and 24.5% doing over 15 hours of housework, both of which are well above the state and national figures.
19.7% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.9% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 24.5%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales and Australian averages.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Brucedale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10610/brucedale/topic/community