50.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 61.3%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brooker · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brooker
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 50% of people in Brooker volunteer, which is far above the 14.1% national figure. This high level of community involvement is a standout feature for the area, where half the population also provides unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Half of the residents in Brooker volunteer, a rate that is far above the 17% seen across South Australia and among the highest for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 50% of people caring for children—far above the 26.3% national average. While 19.4% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is well above the national figure, a slightly lower than usual 19.4% do 15 or more hours of housework per week.
19.4% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
50.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 19.4%
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 Brooker has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the South Australian rate of 3.2%.
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 Brooker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40166/brooker/topic/community