27.6% ▼ -20.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Blue Mountain Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Blue Mountain Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people volunteer in Blue Mountain Heights than in the rest of the country. More than a quarter of the population gives their time to help others, which is nearly double the national figure. This strong spirit of helping extends into the home and the wider community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.6% 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.
Unpaid work is much more typical here than in most areas, with 33% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on housework. This is far above the national figure of 20.7%, alongside a higher rate of people caring for children (31.5%) and providing general unpaid care (15.1%).
15.1% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.5% ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.0% ▲ +6.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 33.0%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 5.4% of the population. This is much higher than most areas and a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
5.4%
Higher than 84% 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 Blue Mountain Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30291/blue-mountain-heights/topic/community