11.0% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Blind Bight · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Blind Bight
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Blind Bight has seen a shift, with 31.6% of people now providing unpaid childcare. This is well above the national figure and marks the area as a place where many residents are focused on caring for children at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11% of people in Blind Bight volunteer their time, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is common here, with 15% of people providing unpaid care, a figure well above the national average. This is consistent with the high number of residents providing unpaid childcare.
15.0% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.6% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 21.6%
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.
About 2.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Blind Bight [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20260/blind-bight/topic/community