12.8% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Blackalls Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Blackalls Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual number of people provide unpaid care in Blackalls Park. While 14.8% of residents offer unpaid care—which is well above the state figure—volunteer rates are much lower than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.8% of people here volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the New South Wales average and a little below the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common in the area, with 28.6% of people caring for children and 24.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well above state and national figures.
14.8% ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.6% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 24.3%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 4.0% of residents having served, slightly above the levels seen across New South Wales and Australia.
4.0%
Higher than 72% 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 Blackalls Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10389/blackalls-park/topic/community