18.0% ▼ -25.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bracknell · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bracknell
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Bracknell provide unpaid child care, a rate well above the state and national figures. This community is highly active in supporting others, with high levels of unpaid care and housework. It also shows a strong commitment to volunteering compared to most of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18% of residents volunteer, which is about the same as the Tasmanian figure and well above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 30.3% of people caring for children and 25.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly—both figures are well above those for Tasmania and Australia. This is consistent with the 13.8% of residents who provide some form of unpaid care, which is higher than in most areas.
13.8% ▲ +45.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.3% ▲ +18.0%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 25.8%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.5% of the population, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the national figure.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Bracknell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60065/bracknell/topic/community