8.6% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Blackwarry · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Blackwarry
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in Blackwarry have served in the Defence Force, and the area has seen shifting patterns of community a contribution since 2011. While volunteer rates are low, a huge number of residents provide unpaid care and housework at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.6% of people volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 48.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly—far above the Victorian figure of 20.1%. This is consistent with the fact that 25.7% of people provide unpaid care, which is far above the national average, though only 17.1% care for children unpaid.
25.7% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.1% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
48.6% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 48.6%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
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 Blackwarry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20255/blackwarry/topic/community