59.1% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 48.0%
- 2021: 59.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Broughton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Broughton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 46 percentage point gap separates Broughton from the Victorian average for volunteering. This area is defined by a very high level of community contribution, with nearly 60% of residents giving their time to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 59.1% of people helping out. This is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent in Broughton, where 40.9% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is far above the Victorian figure of 20.1%, and it's common for residents to provide other unpaid care (29.5%) or look after children (36.4%).
29.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.4% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.7%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
40.9% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 40.9%
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, with 0.0% of people having served. This is a little below the figures for Victoria (2.0%) and Australia (2.8%).
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 Broughton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20355/broughton/topic/community