18.3% ▼ -34.4%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bruthen · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Bruthen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Bruthen (L) spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure far above the state average. This community shows high levels of unpaid support and service, from home care to volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.3% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this rate has fallen by 9.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 16.6% of people providing care and 29.0% looking after children. This is well above the state average, and the number of people providing general unpaid care has risen since 2011.
16.6% ▲ +18.9%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.0% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.3% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 30.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.1% of the population. This is a little above the national figure of 2.8% and higher than most similar areas.
4.1%
Higher than 64% 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 Bruthen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221010/bruthen/topic/community