13.4% ▼ -23.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Broken Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Broken Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Broken Hill involves a mix of formal and informal support, with 13% of people providing unpaid care. While some community activities are less common here than elsewhere, many residents still contribute their time to others. This balances a modest volunteering rate with a steady level of support for family and veterans.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most areas, with 13.4% of people giving their time. This is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people here provide unpaid childcare (22.5%) or spend 15 or more hours on housework (20.1%) compared to the national average. However, 13% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the state and national figures.
13.0% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.5% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% ▼ -16.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 20.1%
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 3.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
3.2%
Higher 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 Broken Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10589/broken-hill/topic/community