12.9% ▼ -36.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glendon Brook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glendon Brook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Family duties dominate daily life in Glendon Brook, where 35.3% of people provide unpaid childcare. This level of family care is much higher than in most other areas. While household responsibilities are common, other forms of community service and volunteering are less frequent.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.9% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than in most areas. This figure is about the same as the New South Wales average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Household work is very common here, with 31.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This aligns with the high rate of unpaid childcare. However, only 10.4% of people provide other types of unpaid care, which is lower than most areas.
10.4% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.3% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.7% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 31.7%
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.
Defence service is less common in Glendon Brook than in most other areas. Only 1.1% of people have served, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.1%
Lower than 67% 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 Glendon Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11665/glendon-brook/topic/community