12.3% ▼ -14.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brooklyn Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brooklyn Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Brooklyn Park provide unpaid child care, making it the most common form of community support here. While many residents contribute to their families, the area sees far less formal volunteering than other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.3% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This is well below the South Australian figure of 17.0% and a little below the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 24.1% of people provide unpaid child care, a figure slightly below both the state and national averages. This is alongside 12.0% of residents who provide other types of unpaid care, and a much lower than usual 19.4% who do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
12.0% ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.1% ▲ +10.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% ▲ +10.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 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.
About 2.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and is about the same as the figures for South Australia and Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Brooklyn Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40167/brooklyn-park/topic/community