10.4% ▼ -36.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
East Branxton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in East Branxton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A shift in local activity is evident in East Branxton, where a high proportion of residents provide unpaid childcare. While 36.7% of people care for children without pay, volunteering rates are well below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.4% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People caring for children unpaid make up 36.7% of the population, a figure far above the New South Wales average. This is alongside 23.3% who do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework weekly, while 10.5% provide other unpaid care, which is a little below the national figure.
10.5% ▲ +1.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.7% ▼ -15.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.2%
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 23.3%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 3.3%, which is higher than most similar areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.8%.
3.3%
Higher than 60% 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 East Branxton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11349/east-branxton/topic/community