19.9% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brookhampton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brookhampton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained steady in Brookhampton, where local spirit is seen in high rates of volunteering and care. Nearly 20% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.9% of people in Brookhampton volunteer, a figure that sits well above both the Western Australian average of 15.9% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 15.6% of people providing unpaid care and 28.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above national figures. However, the 24.6% of people caring for children unpaid is a little below the Australian average.
15.6% ▲ +42.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.4% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 28.4%
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.
A higher than usual share of the population has served in the Defence Force, with 3.7% of residents having served, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
3.7%
Higher than 68% 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 Brookhampton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50188/brookhampton/topic/community