8.0% ▼ -32.0%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brightview · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brightview
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much more unpaid care work happens in Brightview than in most other areas. While only 8% of people volunteer, many residents spend significant time looking after family members and managing homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 8% of people helping out. This is well below the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care roles are common, with 16.4% of people providing unpaid care and 29.3% looking after children, both of which are well above the national average. This is consistent with more people doing 15 or more hours of housework compared to the rest of the state.
16.4% ▲ +61.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 24.6%
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 people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.7% of the population having served.
4.7%
Higher than 78% 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 Brightview [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30374/brightview/topic/community