12.3% ▼ -19.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Blackstone · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Blackstone
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Thirty-one per cent of people in Blackstone provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This high level of family care is the defining feature of community life here, though other forms of community involvement are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower than in most similar areas, with 12.3% of residents giving their time, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Beyond childcare, 13.4% of residents provide general unpaid care and 22.7% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, both of which are a little above the state and national levels.
13.4% ▲ +20.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.4% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▼ -4.6%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 22.7%
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 3.5% of residents having served, a figure about the same as across Queensland and Australia.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Blackstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30279/blackstone/topic/community