6.7% ▼ -53.4%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Blairmount · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Blairmount
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Blairmount than in other parts of the state, with only 6.7% of residents doing so. This is well below the national figure of 14.1%. While unpaid care and housework are less common here, the area has a notably high proportion of veterans.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.7% of people in Blairmount volunteer, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 25% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is similar to the state average. However, 18.6% do 15 or more hours of housework, a figure much lower than in most other areas.
11.9% ▲ +3.2%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.6% ▼ -3.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 18.6%
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.
A much higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.7% of residents being veterans, which is a little above the 2.8% national figure.
4.7%
Higher than 78% 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 Blairmount [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10400/blairmount/topic/community