15.3% ▼ -18.3%
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brindabella · State Electorate
Community Participation in Brindabella
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 31% of people in Brindabella provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. While many residents contribute significant time to family care and defence service, the local rate of volunteering has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.3% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the national figure but well below the ACT average. This is a drop from 2011, when 18.7% of the population volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common in the area, with 13.9% of people providing this support—a figure much higher than most other areas. This includes 31.2% of residents caring for children unpaid, which is well above the national average of 26.3%.
13.9% ▲ +24.5%
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.2% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 54% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 21.1%
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.
Defence service is very common here, with 5.8% of people having served. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.8%
Higher than 91% 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 Brindabella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED80001/brindabella/topic/community