6.8% ▼ -36.7%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Blue Haven · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Blue Haven
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people volunteer in Blue Haven than in most similar areas. While only 6.8% of residents do volunteer work, a very high 32% of the community provides unpaid childcare, which is well above both state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.8% of people in Blue Haven volunteer. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and sits well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 32% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25.3%. Meanwhile, 13.2% provide other unpaid care and 22.2% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
13.2% ▲ +15.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.0% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 22.2%
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.
About 2.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is roughly the same as the state and national figures.
2.5%
Lower than 52% 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 Haven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10414/blue-haven/topic/community