16.1% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brunkerville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brunkerville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual spend their spare time supporting others in Brunkerville, with 31.6% of residents providing unpaid child care. This community is marked by a strong commitment to family and volunteer work, with figures for home and care duties sitting well above national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 16.1% of people volunteer here. While this is lower than in most similar areas, it is still a little above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 33.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. Similarly, providing unpaid care is much more common here than in most areas, sitting well above the New South Wales rate.
16.1% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.6% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.7% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 33.7%
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.
A higher than usual share of the population has served in the Defence Force, with 3.7% of residents having served. This is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.7%
Higher than 66% 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 Brunkerville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10617/brunkerville/topic/community