6.3% —
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Broadmeadows (Northern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Broadmeadows (Northern Metropolitan)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in Broadmeadows engage in volunteering compared to similar areas. Only 6.3% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped in Broadmeadows, falling 2.7 percentage points since 2016 to reach 6.3%. This is among the lowest rates for this level and sits well below the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 12.7% of people provide some form of unpaid care, this is higher than most areas. However, Broadmeadows has much lower rates of people caring for children unpaid (21.3%) or doing over 15 hours of housework (15.1%) than the national average.
12.7% —
Higher than 63% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.3% —
Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.1% —
Lower than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 15.1%
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.
Only 0.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.7%
Lower than 99% 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 Broadmeadows (Northern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21203/broadmeadows/topic/community