13.3% ▼ -23.3%
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Broken Hill · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Broken Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Slightly more people in Broken Hill provide unpaid care than the national figure. While 13% of residents give unpaid care to others, a smaller proportion of the community is involved in volunteering compared to most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.3% of people volunteer here, which is similar to the New South Wales and Australian figures. This is a drop from 2011, when 17.4% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People providing unpaid care are more common here than in most areas, reaching 13%. However, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure at 22.6%, and those doing over 15 hours of housework have fallen to 20.1% since 2011.
13.0% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.6% ▼ -9.0%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% ▼ -15.9%
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 20.1%
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.
Around 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
3.1%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Broken Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/105021097/broken-hill/topic/community