15.2% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brunswick West · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brunswick West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 20% of people in Brunswick West provide unpaid childcare, though this is well below the national figure. While many residents contribute to their community, the area sees lower levels of formal volunteering and home-based care than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most areas, though the 15.2% who do volunteer is still a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people here provide unpaid childcare or do 15 or more hours of housework compared to the state and national averages. However, 12.8% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
12.8% ▲ +27.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.2% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.5% ▲ +10.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 16.5%
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 uncommon in the area, with 1.1% of people having served, which is lower than most similar places and a little below the Australian average.
1.1%
Lower than 66% 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 Brunswick West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20363/brunswick-west/topic/community