17.5% —
Higher than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brighton (Southern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Brighton (Southern Metropolitan)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people in Brighton (Southern Metropolitan) volunteer than in most similar areas. While 17.5% of residents give their time to others, this is well above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this level of community involvement has fallen by 6.4 percentage points since 2016.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.5% of people helping out. This is well above the Victorian average of 13.3%, though the figure has dropped since 2016.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is quite common, as 14.3% of people provide this support, which is a little above the national figure. Meanwhile, 26.7% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a rate about the same as the rest of Australia.
14.3% —
Higher than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.7% —
Higher than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.9% —
Lower than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 19.9%
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.
Very few residents have served in the Defence Force, at just 1.9%. This is much lower than most similar areas and slightly below the Victorian average of 2.0%.
1.9%
Lower than 79% of state electorate 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 Brighton (Southern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21106/brighton/topic/community