13.6% ▼ -11.4%
Lower than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brennan · State Electorate
Community Participation in Brennan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of people in Brennan provide unpaid child care, which is well above the national figure. This high level of family support is a key feature of the area, though other forms of community involvement are less common. Local participation in volunteering is about the same as the rest of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.6% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas. This is roughly the same as the Northern Territory and national figures, but it has fallen 1.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is very common, with 35.2% of people involved—a rate well above the Australian average of 26.3%. In contrast, those doing 15 or more hours of housework are much fewer than in most areas, while 10.1% provide other types of unpaid care.
10.1% ▲ +42.3%
Lower than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.2% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.2% ▼ -11.4%
Lower than 84% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 17.2%
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 high proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force. At 7.9%, this is among the highest rates for similar areas and is well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
7.9%
Higher 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 Brennan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70007/brennan/topic/community