44.0% ▲ +23.1%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 44.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brimpaen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brimpaen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 44% of people in Brimpaen volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit defines the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time than those in the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 44% of people helping out. This is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 28% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure. However, those providing unpaid care are among the lowest in the region at 5.3%, well below the 11.9% Australian average.
5.3% ▼ -44.3%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.3% ▼ -17.5%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.0% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 28.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
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 Brimpaen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20342/brimpaen/topic/community