14.7% ▼ -27.2%
Lower than 53% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Baulkham Hills · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Baulkham Hills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid childcare in Baulkham Hills than in most similar areas. While 29.8% of residents care for children without pay, this high level of domestic activity is offset by a lower-than-average number of people who have served in the military.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.7% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This is a drop from 2011, when 20.2% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Domestic work is common, with 24.9% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework a week, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This mirrors the high rate of unpaid childcare, which is much higher than most other areas.
11.2% ▲ +0.7%
Lower than 66% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.8% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 82% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.9% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 87% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 24.9%
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.
Only 1.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is much lower than most other areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 88% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Baulkham Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11501/baulkham-hills/topic/community