11.3% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.2%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Blue Vale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Blue Vale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Blue Vale provide unpaid care, a figure well above the national average. This high rate of caregiving defines community involvement in the area, although other forms of social contribution like volunteering are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.3% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 21.0% of residents provide unpaid care—well above the national figure of 11.9%—only 12.9% do 15 or more hours of housework, which is well below the national average. Around 25.8% care for children unpaid, about the same as the rest of the country.
21.0% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.9% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 12.9%
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 Blue Vale has served in the Defence Force, a rate lower than most areas and a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
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 Blue Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10418/blue-vale/topic/community