22.8% ▲ +35.0%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brunswick Heads · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Brunswick Heads
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A growing culture of volunteering has shaped Brunswick Heads since 2011, with the number of people giving their time rising by nearly 6 percentage points. Now, 22.8% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above the national average. This shift comes as the number of people providing unpaid childcare has dropped sharply over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most other areas. The 22.8% of residents who volunteer is well above the 14.1% national figure and the 13.0% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare has fallen sharply to 22.3% since 2011, which is well below the Australian figure. Meanwhile, a little more people than usual do 15 or more hours of housework, and 13.3% provide some form of unpaid care.
13.3% ▲ +24.9%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.3% ▼ -43.0%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 39.2%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 23.1%
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.
Very few residents have served in the Defence Force. At 1.2%, this is among the lowest levels for similar areas and is a little below both the state and national figures.
1.2%
Lower than 92% of urban centre 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 Brunswick Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115029/brunswick-heads/topic/community