19.5% ▼ -24.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brunswick · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brunswick
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Brunswick volunteer, which is a much higher rate than the national figure. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others, with high levels of volunteerism and a notable number of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.5% of residents volunteer, which is well above both the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While unpaid child care is a little below the national figure at 25.1%, a high 27.3% of people do more than 15 hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national rate of 20.7%. Those providing other unpaid care sit at 10.8%, a little below the Australian figure.
10.8% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.1% ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 27.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.3% of the population, a rate that is higher than most similar areas.
3.3%
Higher than 60% 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 Brunswick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50197/brunswick/topic/community