17.4% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brigadoon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brigadoon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure for volunteering, Brigadoon shows a strong commitment to unpaid work. About 17.4% of people here volunteer, contributing more than the typical person across Australia. This spirit of contribution extends into the home and the wider community through significant levels of unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Brigadoon, with 17.4% of residents helping out. This is a little above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is higher than most areas, with 13.8% of people providing support. This includes 23.7% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework, a figure well above both the state and national averages.
13.8% ▲ +14.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▼ -14.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▼ -16.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 23.7%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most similar areas. About 3.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and Australia.
3.6%
Higher than 66% 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 Brigadoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50181/brigadoon/topic/community