13.3% ▼ -30.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Baulkham Hills · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Baulkham Hills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher proportion of people provide unpaid childcare in Baulkham Hills compared to the rest of the state. While 32.7% of residents care for children without pay, other forms of community involvement, such as volunteering, are more typical for the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.3% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and roughly the same as the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is common here, with 25.9% of people doing at least 15 hours of unpaid housework, well above the Australian figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with the high number of people caring for children unpaid, which is well above the New South Wales average.
11.0% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.7% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.9% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 25.9%
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 lower than most areas and a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 63% 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 Baulkham Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10233/baulkham-hills/topic/community