22.4% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Blackheath · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Blackheath
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A gap of 9.5 percentage points separates Blackheath from the New South Wales average in volunteering. This community is remarkably active, with 22.4% of residents giving their time to others. It is a place where people are far more likely to volunteer than those in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 22.4% of people helping out. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to the state average, a higher than usual 27.7% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework. Around 13.1% of the population provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure.
13.1% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.0% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.7% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 27.7%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.6% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas and a little above the New South Wales average.
3.6%
Higher than 66% 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 Blackheath [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10392/blackheath/topic/community