15.0% ▼ -19.5%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bli Bli · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bli Bli
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Bli Bli have stepped up to provide unpaid care since 2011, particularly for children. While 15% of residents volunteer, the most striking feature is that nearly 31% of the community provides unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15% of people in Bli Bli volunteer their time, a rate that is lower than most similar areas but roughly the same as the Queensland and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 30.9% of people caring for children and 24.8% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, both figures well above the national average. However, the 11.8% of people providing other types of unpaid care is lower than in most other areas.
11.8% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.9% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 24.8%
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 proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most similar areas, with 4.1% of the population having served, which is a little above the Australian figure.
4.1%
Higher than 73% 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 Bli Bli [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30287/bli-bli/topic/community