15.3% ▼ -24.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brown Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brown Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Brown Hill has shifted over the last decade, with a strong focus on family support. While volunteering is lower than in most similar areas, a huge 33.8% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.3% of people volunteer their time, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is common here, with 33.8% of people looking after children unpaid, a figure well above the national average of 26.3%. This is alongside 23.2% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework each week, which is also well above the state figure.
13.5% ▲ +19.6%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.8% ▲ +12.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 23.2%
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.
Around 3.0% of people in Brown Hill have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 2.0%.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Brown Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20356/brown-hill/topic/community