14.0% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Briar Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Briar Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 32.1% of people in Briar Hill provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This high level of family care is the most prominent feature of community activity in the area. Other forms of service and volunteering follow more typical patterns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.0% of residents volunteer, which is about the same as the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family responsibilities are common here, with 14.1% of people providing unpaid care and 23.0% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, both of which are a little above the national figures.
14.1% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.1% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▼ -6.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 23.0%
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.
Around 2.5% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Briar Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20331/briar-hill/topic/community