31.3% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.9%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bray · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bray
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than double the national rate of volunteering defines the community spirit in Bray. While 31.3% of people here give their time to help others, the area sees far fewer people providing unpaid care for children or the disabled compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in Bray, with 31.3% of residents helping out. This is far above the 17% seen in South Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common here, with 31.3% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, which is well above the state average. In contrast, the proportion of people caring for children is far below the national figure, and no one reported providing other types of unpaid care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.6% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.2%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.3% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 31.3%
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.
No one in Bray has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the 3.2% seen across South Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Bray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40155/bray/topic/community