8.5% ▼ -31.8%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brookfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brookfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people provide unpaid childcare in Brookfield than in the rest of the state. While 32.7% of residents care for children without pay, only 8.5% of the community volunteer, which is well below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates are among the lowest for similar areas. At 8.5%, this is well below the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 32.7% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 12.7% provide other unpaid care, a rate about the same as the rest of the country.
12.7% ▲ +34.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.7% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 20.1%
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 less common here than in most areas. Only 1.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 62% 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 Brookfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20351/brookfield/topic/community