34.5% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brimin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brimin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people volunteer in Brimin than in most similar areas, with 34.5% of residents giving their time. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong history of military service, while unpaid care for children and others is much lower than the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A striking 34.5% of people here volunteer, which is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and 14.1% for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon here, with 0% of people providing unpaid care and only 16.4% caring for children, both figures being well below the national average. However, 21.8% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is a little above the national figure of 20.7%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.4% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 21.8%
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.
Defence service is very common in Brimin, where 9.8% of people have served. This is well above the 2.0% seen in Victoria and 2.8% across Australia.
9.8%
Higher than 95% 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 Brimin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20341/brimin/topic/community