27.9% ▼ -48.9%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.6%
- 2016: 43.4%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brim · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brim
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people in Brim volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community spirit marks the area as one of the most active for volunteering compared to similar places. Most other forms of community service and unpaid care in the town sit close to state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.9% of residents giving their time. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and 14.1% for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 24.5% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is a little below the national figure. However, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework is well above the national average at 24.5%.
12.2% ▼ -34.6%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% ▼ -27.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% ▼ -29.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 24.5%
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.
About 2.0% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Brim [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20339/brim/topic/community