18.6% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brandy Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brandy Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual proportion of residents in Brandy Creek contribute to their community through volunteering and service. About 18.6% of people volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.6% of residents helping out, a rate well above both Queensland and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 23.3% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is a little above the national figure, only 3.5% provide unpaid care. This is well below the 11.9% seen across Australia.
3.5% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.4% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 23.3%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 4.7% of the population, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national average of 2.8%.
4.7%
Higher than 77% 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 Brandy Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30360/brandy-creek/topic/community