18.6% ▼ -14.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brinsmead · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brinsmead
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher proportion of residents in Brinsmead provide unpaid child care than in most similar areas. This community is also marked by a strong volunteering spirit and a high number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 19% of people here volunteer, which is well above the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is common, with 33% of residents providing this support, a figure well above the national average of 26.3%. However, the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of housework or providing general unpaid care is lower than in most areas.
11.7% ▲ +27.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.0% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 21.1%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.6% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
4.6%
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 Brinsmead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30377/brinsmead/topic/community