7.9% ▼ -28.3%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Blacktown · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Blacktown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 7.9% of people volunteer in Blacktown, a figure well below the national average. This low rate of community volunteering defines the area's participation levels, though around a quarter of residents still provide unpaid care for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the lowest for areas of this size, with only 7.9% of people helping out. This is well below the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 24.6% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the state average. However, those doing over 15 hours of unpaid housework (19.1%) or providing other unpaid care (9.4%) are much lower than in most other areas.
9.4% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% ▼ -13.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 19.1%
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 1.1% of the population. This is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.1%
Lower than 67% 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 Blacktown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10396/blacktown/topic/community