11.8% ▼ -16.6%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Blair Athol · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Blair Athol
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of volunteering and unpaid housework mark the community profile of Blair Athol. While about 12.1% of people provide some form of unpaid care, this is offset by a significant gap in other forms of community contribution compared to state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.8% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid home work is less common here, with only 17.0% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on housework. This is well below the national figure of 20.7% and aligns with a lower rate of people caring for children unpaid (23.2%) compared to most areas.
12.1% ▲ +7.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.2% ▼ -10.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.0% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 17.0%
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 1.4% of the population, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower 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 Blair Athol [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40120/blair-athol/topic/community