11.1% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brooks Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brooks Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few residents in Brooks Bay engage in formal volunteering or unpaid care. While only 11.1% of the community volunteer, there is a notably high presence of veterans, with 7.3% of people having served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas. At 11.1%, the rate is well below both the Tasmanian figure of 18.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children and general unpaid care both stand at 0.0%, which is far below the state and national figures. However, 22.2% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure slightly above the 20.7% national average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.9%
- 2021: 22.2%
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 strong history of military service is evident in Brooks Bay. The 7.3% of residents who served in the Defence Force is among the highest for similar areas and well above the national figure of 2.8%.
7.3%
Higher than 90% 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 Brooks Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60081/brooks-bay/topic/community