6.4% ▼ -25.8%
Lower than 97% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Blaxland · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Blaxland
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Blaxland are volunteering and providing care than they were in 2011. Only 6.4% of residents now volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This trend toward lower community and unpaid participation is seen across several different types of care work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen by 2.2 percentage points since 2011. At 6.4%, this is among the lowest rates for similar areas and sits well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 9.9% of people providing care and 16.9% doing over 15 hours of housework. The proportion of people caring for children unpaid is also well below the national figure, falling to 21.4% since 2011.
9.9% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.4% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.9% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 84% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 16.9%
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.
Defence Force service is a little below the national figure of 2.8%, with 0.6% of Blaxland residents having served. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas.
0.6%
Lower than 99% of federal electorate 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 Blaxland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED105/blaxland/topic/community