8.7% ▼ -34.3%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Blackbutt · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Blackbutt
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Blackbutt than in other parts of the state, with only 8.7% of residents giving their time. While volunteering is low, the area has a much higher rate of unpaid caring compared to the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.7% of residents volunteer, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.2% of people providing care—a figure well above the Australian average of 11.9%. Around 25.6% of people care for children unpaid, while 22.9% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
15.2% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.6% ▼ -18.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 22.9%
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.
About 2.0% of the population served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the state figure.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Blackbutt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10390/blackbutt/topic/community