13.0% ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bray Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bray Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high number of people in Bray Park provide unpaid care for children, with 31.9% of residents doing so. This is well above both the state and national figures. While child care is common here, other forms of community involvement like volunteering are less frequent.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.0% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care for children is very common here, sitting well above the Australian average at 31.9%. This contrasts with housework and general unpaid care, which are around the middle or slightly above the state average.
13.6% ▲ +22.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.9% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 21.7%
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 5.2% of people having served, which is a little above the 2.8% national figure.
5.2%
Higher than 82% 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 Bray Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30363/bray-park/topic/community