29.2% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
The Brothers · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in The Brothers
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have remained remarkably high in The Brothers, with nearly 30% of residents giving their time to others. This level of community involvement is far above the state and national figures, making it one of the most active areas for volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 29.2% of people here volunteer, which is much higher than most similar areas and far above the New South Wales figure of 13%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While about 25% of residents provide unpaid childcare, no one in the area provides other forms of unpaid care, a figure far below the national average of 11.9%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.8% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 20.8%
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 residents in The Brothers have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
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 The Brothers [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13831/the-brothers/topic/community