14.5% ▼ -10.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Blacksmiths · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Blacksmiths
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Blacksmiths provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution in the area. Most residents engage in local support and care at rates that are generally similar to those across New South Wales and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.5% of residents are volunteers, which is lower than most similar areas but a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 24.6% of people looking after children, a figure just below the national average. Around 13.0% provide other unpaid care, which is a little above the national rate, while 22.0% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly.
13.0% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 22.0%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 3.0% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Blacksmiths [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10395/blacksmiths/topic/community