10.3% ▼ -38.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brendale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brendale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 10.3% of people in Brendale volunteer, which is well below the national figure. While many residents provide unpaid care for children, far fewer spend significant time on housework compared to other areas. This profile shows a community with lower levels of unpaid work and volunteering than typical Australian suburbs.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas, with just 10.3% of residents helping out, well below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 27% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the national figure. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly are much lower than most areas at 17.4%.
10.6% ▲ +18.3%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.4% ▲ +0.4%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 17.4%
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.
A higher share of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.7% of the population having served.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Brendale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30367/brendale/topic/community