18.2% ▼ -32.6%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bracknell · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Bracknell
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Bracknell (L) than in most other areas. While the town shows a strong commitment to helping others, the number of people volunteering has dropped significantly since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.2% of people here volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This is around the middle for similar areas, though it has fallen by 8.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 32.3% of people caring for children and 15.0% providing other unpaid care, both figures being well above the national average. This trend is mirrored in housework, where 27.2% do 15 or more hours a week, which is much higher than most areas.
15.0% ▲ +24.0%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.3% ▲ +37.6%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.2% ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 27.2%
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 2.9% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the national average but a little below the state figure.
2.9%
Lower than 68% 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 Bracknell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622003/bracknell/topic/community