19.4% ▼ -17.1%
Higher than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Blue Mountains · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Blue Mountains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in the Blue Mountains contribute to their community than in most other areas. About 19.4% of residents volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. While volunteering has dipped since 2011, the region remains a place where people are highly active in unpaid work and care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people (19.4%) volunteer here, which is well above the 14.1% national figure. However, this is 4.0 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Residents provide a high level of unpaid support, with 13.8% caring for others, which is much higher than most areas. This includes 28.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 21.2%.
13.8% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▼ -13.8%
Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.2% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 97% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 28.2%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.4% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the state figure of 2.3%.
3.4%
Higher than 64% 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 Blue Mountains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA10900/blue-mountains/topic/community