9.1% ▼ -66.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brooklands · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brooklands
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Brooklands has seen a shift, with 5.5% of residents having served in the Defence Force. This is a higher rate of service than in most similar areas. While military service is common, other forms of local volunteering are much lower than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.1% of people in Brooklands volunteer, which is well below the Queensland and Australian figure of 14.1%. This is much lower than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 23.9% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, those providing unpaid care are at 12.7%, slightly above the state average, though those caring for children are well below the national rate at 22.5%.
12.7% ▲ +0.1%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.5% ▼ -10.6%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% ▼ -32.5%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 23.9%
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 little above the national and state figures, 5.5% of the population in Brooklands have served in the Defence Force, a rate that is much higher than most similar areas.
5.5%
Higher than 85% 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 Brooklands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30388/brooklands/topic/community