22.7% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brighton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brighton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 23% of people in Brighton volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others, with high rates of unpaid care and a notable number of former defence force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.7% of residents giving their time. This is much higher than most similar areas and well above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common than in most areas, at 15.4%. This includes 27.2% of people caring for children, while 21.3% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework per week.
15.4% ▲ +19.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.2% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.3% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 21.3%
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.
A higher proportion of people in Brighton have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, at 3.8%.
3.8%
Higher than 69% 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 Brighton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40160/brighton/topic/community