19.5% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Black Rock · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Black Rock
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Black Rock provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This area shows a strong trend of giving back and supporting others through high rates of volunteering and unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.5% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much more common than in most areas, with 16.1% of people providing support. This includes 29.4% caring for children and 24.2% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above national figures.
16.1% ▲ +22.4%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.4% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.2% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 24.2%
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 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Rock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20251/black-rock/topic/community