5.6% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Blacksoil · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Blacksoil
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About a quarter of people in Blacksoil provide unpaid childcare, which is the most common form of community contribution here. While family care is typical for the region, other forms of volunteering and unpaid work are much lower than national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 5.6% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below both the Queensland and Australian average of 14.1%. This is among the lowest rates of volunteering seen in similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common at 25.8%, which is about the same as the national figure. However, the proportion of people providing other unpaid care or doing over 15 hours of housework is much lower than in most areas.
7.9% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.0% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 18.0%
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.
A higher share of people than in most areas have served in the Defence Force, at 3.3%. This is about the same as the 3.9% seen across Queensland.
3.3%
Higher than 60% 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 Blacksoil [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30278/blacksoil/topic/community