27.1% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bright · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Bright
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in four people in Bright volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This community shows a very high level of local involvement, with 27.1% of residents giving their time to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The 27.1% volunteering rate is among the highest for similar areas, rising 4.4 percentage points since 2011. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 25.9% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure—those caring for children unpaid (20.8%) and providing general unpaid care (9.0%) are both well below state levels.
9.0% ▼ -29.4%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.8% ▼ -35.6%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.9% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 25.9%
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.
About 3.4% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the 2.0% seen in Victoria.
3.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Bright [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215015/bright/topic/community