52.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 52.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brenanah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brenanah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge gap exists between Brenanah and the rest of the country when it comes to community involvement. Over half the people here volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community spirit stands out against very low rates of unpaid care work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 52.2% of residents in Brenanah volunteer, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few people here provide unpaid care; for instance, 0.0% provide general unpaid care, which is far below the national figure of 11.9%. Only 13.0% care for children unpaid, and 13.0% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below the Australian average.
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.
13.0% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.0% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
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 Brenanah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20328/brenanah/topic/community