19.8% ▼ -21.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Blue Knob · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Blue Knob
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Blue Knob volunteer, a figure well above the national average. While community contribution is high, this area sees far fewer people providing unpaid childcare than the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.8% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% national figure and the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of life in Blue Knob, where 15.1% of people provide care and 31.3% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both far above state and national figures. However, only 11.5% care for children unpaid, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
15.1% ▲ +33.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.5% ▼ -40.2%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.3% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 31.3%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.6%. This is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 63% 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 Knob [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10415/blue-knob/topic/community