8.0% ▼ -61.8%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brightview · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Brightview
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 30% of people in Brightview provide unpaid child care, which is well above the national figure. While many residents are busy with these family duties, very few now spend their time volunteering for the community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8% of people volunteer here, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the Queensland average. This is a sharp drop from 2011, when 20.9% of the area volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common in Brightview, with 17.6% of people providing care, a figure that is well above the national average. This aligns with the 30.1% of residents who provide unpaid child care, a rate much higher than most other areas.
17.6% ▲ +80.9%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.1% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▼ -1.6%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 23.3%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most places, with 6.3% of people having served. This is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.3%
Higher than 89% 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 Brightview [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321024/brightview/topic/community