11.6% ▼ -36.3%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Blanchview · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Blanchview
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people volunteer in Blanchview compared to most similar areas, but unpaid home work is much more common here. While only 11.6% of residents volunteer, over 31% spend significant time on unpaid housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 11.6% of people volunteer their time, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 31.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework—far above the national figure of 20.7%. This is alongside a higher than usual 28.7% of residents who provide unpaid childcare.
12.2% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.7% ▲ +25.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.7% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 31.7%
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.
About 2.4% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for its level and about the same as the Australian average.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Blanchview [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30283/blanchview/topic/community