24.1% ▼ -22.7%
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bland · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Bland
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping out defines daily life in Bland, where residents are far more likely to volunteer than those in other areas. While 24.1% of people give their time to community work, this is a drop from the 31.2% seen in 2011. This tendency to contribute extends into the home, with higher-than-average rates of unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24.1% of people here volunteer, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and much higher than most other areas. However, this has fallen by 7.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here handle unpaid work than in most areas, with 23.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework and 26.7% caring for children. Those providing any form of unpaid care sit at 12.3%, which is about the same as the national figure.
12.3% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.7% ▼ -7.8%
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.8% ▼ -16.8%
Higher than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 23.8%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 2.2% of the population. This is lower than most areas and sits about the same as the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
2.2%
Lower than 73% of council (lga) 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 Bland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA10800/bland/topic/community