44.7% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 44.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bland · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bland
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 45% of people in Bland volunteer, making it a place where community contribution is far more common than in most of the country. This high level of local involvement is mirrored in the home, where unpaid care and housework are very frequent activities.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 44.7% of residents volunteer their time, which is far above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 42.1% of people caring for children and 44.7% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, both far above state and national levels. However, the number of people providing other types of unpaid care is 0.0%, which is far below the national figure.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
42.1% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 42.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
44.7% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 44.7%
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.
No one in Bland has served in the Defence Force, a result that is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Bland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10404/bland/topic/community