37.5% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brushy Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brushy Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 37.5% of people in Brushy Creek volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is paired with a strong focus on family, as many residents provide unpaid care for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 37.5% of the population helping out. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and sits far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Children are a big focus, with 31.3% of people providing unpaid childcare, well above the Australian average of 26.3%. However, only 12.5% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well below the national figure.
12.5% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.3% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.5% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
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 reported serving in the Defence Force, a result that 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 Brushy Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10620/brushy-creek/topic/community