29.4% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 62.5%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bald Blair · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bald Blair
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Bald Blair volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This community shows a very high level of unpaid work and service, with many residents providing care for others or having served in the military.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 29.4% of residents helping out. This is far above both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent in Bald Blair, with 55.9% of people caring for children—among the highest rates for this level. This is consistent with high numbers of people providing other unpaid care (20.6%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly (26.5%).
20.6% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
55.9% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 55.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.5% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 26.5%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most areas, with 8.8% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the national figure of 2.8%.
8.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality 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 Bald Blair [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10147/bald-blair/topic/community