7.4% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Possum Brush · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Possum Brush
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Possum Brush than in the rest of the country, though other forms of community support are common. Only 7.4% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. However, the area has a much higher rate of unpaid care and a strong presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the lowest for similar areas, with only 7.4% of people helping out, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 13%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, as 15.6% of people provide this support—well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is consistent with a very high 36.1% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework a week, though the rate of people caring for children is far below the Australian average.
15.6% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.8% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.1% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 36.1%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 6.6% of the population, which is much higher than most areas and well above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
6.6%
Higher than 88% 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 Possum Brush [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13263/possum-brush/topic/community