15.4% ▼ -15.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brighton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brighton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Brighton than in most similar areas. While 15.4% of residents volunteer, the most striking feature is the high number of people looking after children without pay.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.4% of residents in Brighton volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%, though this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A very high 32.9% of people provide unpaid childcare, well above the 26.3% national average. Other unpaid work is more typical, with 23.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework and 13.6% providing general unpaid care.
13.6% ▲ +22.0%
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.
32.9% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 23.1%
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 more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.1% of people having served in the Defence Force, slightly above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 73% 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 Brighton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30373/brighton/topic/community