17.8% ▼ -22.0%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brunswick · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Brunswick
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high share of residents perform significant unpaid housework in Brunswick (L), with 27.4% spending 15 or more hours a week on these tasks. This is well above the national figure, marking a distinct trend in how people in the area manage their homes and community roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.8% of people helping out, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. However, this has fallen by 5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 24.8% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is a little below the national rate, those doing heavy housework are much more common than in most areas. Unpaid care for others has barely changed since 2011 and sits at 11.1%.
11.1% ▲ +1.5%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.8% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.4% ▲ +24.8%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 27.4%
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 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
3.0%
Lower 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 Brunswick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521010/brunswick/topic/community