37.0% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Blaxland · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Blaxland
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Blaxland (Qld) stands out among similar areas for its high levels of community involvement and care. Roughly 37% of residents volunteer their time, a figure far above the national average. This spirit of giving extends into the home, where many more people provide unpaid care compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 37% of people helping out. This is far above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is a major part of local life; 41.3% of people care for children unpaid, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with a higher rate of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, at 26.1% compared to 20.7% nationally.
13.0% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
41.3% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 55.2%
- 2021: 26.1%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Blaxland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30285/blaxland/topic/community