21.5% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brentwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brentwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Brentwood volunteer their time, making it a highly active place to live. This strong spirit of contribution is reflected in local rates of volunteering and unpaid care that sit well above national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.5% of residents giving their time. This is well above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a big part of life for many, as 30.5% of people look after children, which is much higher than most areas. However, only 18.8% do 15 or more hours of housework, a figure slightly below the national average of 20.7%.
13.2% ▲ +30.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.5% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.8% ▼ -10.6%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 18.8%
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 2.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Brentwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50178/brentwood/topic/community