19.0% ▼ -33.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brungle · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brungle
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Brungle than in the rest of the state. A striking 38.1% of residents care for children without pay, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 25.3%. This high level of family support is a standout feature of the local community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19% of people in Brungle volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This puts the area around the middle compared to similar places.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 31.4% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, far above the 20.7% across Australia. However, those providing other types of unpaid care are few, at 7.6%, which is well below the national figure.
7.6% ▼ -49.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.1% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.3%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 38.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.4% ▲ +13.7%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 31.4%
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 Brungle reported serving in the Defence Force, a figure a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
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 Brungle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10615/brungle/topic/community