21.7% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Browns Plains · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Browns Plains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 22% of people in Browns Plains volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community spirit is reflected across the area, with many residents dedicating significant time to unpaid care and local service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.7% of people helping out, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high in this area; 32.5% of people do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This is alongside a much higher rate of people caring for children unpaid (32.5%) and providing other unpaid care (15.7%).
15.7% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.5% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.5% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 32.5%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most other areas, with 4.8% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
4.8%
Higher than 79% 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 Browns Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20357/browns-plains/topic/community