14.9% ▲ +12.6%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brandy Hill · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Brandy Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Brandy Hill than in the national average. While 14.9% of residents volunteer, the most striking feature is how many locals handle significant care and housework duties at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.9% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure and has risen by 1.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 32.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework a week, a figure far above the national average. This is consistent with a high number of people providing unpaid care (15.3%) and those caring for children (26.4%).
15.3% ▲ +73.0%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.4% ▲ +19.1%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.8% ▲ +54.8%
Higher than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 32.8%
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 much higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 5.1% of the population having served.
5.1%
Higher than 79% 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 Brandy Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121012/brandy-hill/topic/community