7.1% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Braybrook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Braybrook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 7.1% of people in Braybrook volunteer, which is one of the lowest rates for an area like this. This low level of community involvement is matched by a smaller-than-usual number of residents providing unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Braybrook are well below the national figure of 14.1% and the Victorian average of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much less common here than in most areas, with only 19.6% of people caring for children and 13.2% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is well below the typical figures for Victoria and Australia.
8.8% ▼ -0.4%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.6% ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.2% ▼ -9.0%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 13.2%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 0.8%, which is a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
0.8%
Lower than 69% 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 Braybrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20324/braybrook/topic/community