9.4% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.4%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brit Brit · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brit Brit
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of unpaid care defines Brit Brit, where 28.1% of people provide this support. This is far above the figures for Victoria and Australia. Other forms of community involvement are generally low in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.4% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below both the Victorian and national averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.1% of people provide unpaid care, far more than the state and national figures, the area has much lower rates of unpaid childcare and housework than most other places.
28.1% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.8% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 48.1%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.5% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 12.5%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and 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 Brit Brit [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20344/brit-brit/topic/community