15.6% ▼ -25.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Blackburn South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Blackburn South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Blackburn South involves a high level of unpaid support for others, with 14.1% of people providing care. While volunteering is lower than in most similar areas, the community remains more active in supporting families and the elderly than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.6% of people here volunteer, which is lower than in most similar areas but still a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid support is common, as 28.0% of residents care for children and 14.1% provide general unpaid care, both of which are higher than most areas. Around 21.3% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week, a figure slightly above the Victorian average.
14.1% ▲ +20.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.0% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.3% ▼ -4.1%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 21.3%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most similar areas, with 1.7% of people having served, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 62% 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 Blackburn South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20254/blackburn-south/topic/community