42.1% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 42.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brewster · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brewster
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Brewster than in most similar areas. About 42.1% of residents give their time to others, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This strong spirit of helping extends into the home, where unpaid care and housework are much more common than usual.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very high here, with 42.1% of people helping out. This is far above both Victoria and Australia, where the figures are 13.3% and 14.1% respectively.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common in Brewster, with 21.1% of people providing support, a figure well above the national 11.9%. This is mirrored in the home, where 26.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the Victorian average of 20.1%.
21.1% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.3% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 26.3%
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 one in the area has 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 Brewster [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20329/brewster/topic/community