12.4% ▲ +3.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Blue Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Blue Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Blue Bay involves a high level of unpaid care, though community volunteering is less common. While only 12.4% of people volunteer, a higher than usual number of residents provide unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas, with 12.4% of residents giving their time. This figure is a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A higher than usual 13.9% of people provide some form of unpaid care. However, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure, at just 16.7%.
13.9% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.7% ▼ -29.6%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▲ +0.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 21.7%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for its level, with 2.1% of people having served. This is about the same as the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Blue Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10413/blue-bay/topic/community