15.8% ▼ -15.0%
Higher than 63% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Braddon (Mersey) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Braddon (Mersey)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Braddon (Mersey) involves a high level of unpaid support, with 13.4% of people providing care for others. While volunteering has dipped recently, the area still sees more people giving their time to the community than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.8% of residents volunteer, which is higher than most similar areas and slightly above the national figure. This is a drop from 2011, when 18.5% of people volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.4% of people providing care for others, a figure that is much higher than most areas. Meanwhile, 22.2% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework.
13.4% ▲ +13.2%
Higher than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 70% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 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 total of 3.9% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the Australian figure.
3.9%
Higher than 76% 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 Braddon (Mersey) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED60207/braddon/topic/community