19.9% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bruce · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bruce
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people perform unpaid care and housework in Bruce than in most similar areas. While 19.9% of residents volunteer, the area is marked by a much lower rate of unpaid domestic work and childcare compared to the rest of the territory.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.9% of people in Bruce volunteer, which is a little above the ACT figure of 18.4% and well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower here than in most areas; only 8.8% provide unpaid care and 17.1% look after children, both of which are well below the national and territory figures.
8.8% ▲ +32.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.1% ▲ +12.0%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.8% ▲ +21.6%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 13.8%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.8% of residents having served, which is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.8%
Higher than 79% 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 Bruce [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80028/bruce/topic/community