16.5% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Black Range · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Black Range
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of unpaid care define Black Range, where only 6.5% of people provide unpaid care to others. While few residents are burdened by caregiving, the area has a strong spirit of giving, with 16.5% of the population volunteering their time.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.5% of people helping out. This is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and a little above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common than in most areas. Only 14.3% of people care for children unpaid, which is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia and Victoria.
6.5% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.3% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.9% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 19.9%
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.
A higher than usual proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force. At 3.5%, this is a little above the Victorian figure of 2.0% and slightly higher than the national average of 2.8%.
3.5%
Higher 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 Black Range [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20250/black-range/topic/community