12.1% ▼ -28.8%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Blackbutt North · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Blackbutt North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A gap of 14 percentage points separates Blackbutt North from the state and nation in unpaid childcare. While many residents take on heavy housework, the area has a relatively low rate of volunteering and a higher proportion of former Defence Force members than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.1% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is far below the national rate at 12.6%. However, 29.5% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the Queensland figure of 20.7%.
12.6% ▼ -13.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.6% ▼ -23.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.5% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 29.5%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 3.8% of people having served, a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.8%
Higher than 69% 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 Blackbutt North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30273/blackbutt-north/topic/community