22.5% ▼ -23.8%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brookfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brookfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Brookfield volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is seen across the area, with more people than usual giving their time to help others and their families.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.5% of residents are volunteers, a figure that is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 28.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework and 29.6% caring for children, both figures well above the national average. Meanwhile, 11.9% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
11.9% ▲ +5.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.6% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.2% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 28.2%
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 areas, with 4.0% of the population having served, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.0%
Higher than 71% 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 Brookfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30386/brookfield/topic/community