30.6% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Blakiston · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Blakiston
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one third of people in Blakiston volunteer their time, making it a place where residents are far more active in their community than most. This strong spirit of helping others is seen in high rates of local volunteering and unpaid care for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 30.6% of people pitching in. This is far above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family support is a big part of daily life, with 32.2% of people caring for children unpaid, well above the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, 28.7% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, while 13.0% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the state average.
13.0% ▼ -30.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.2% ▼ -16.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.5%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.7% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 28.7%
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.
Service to the country is more frequent here than in most areas, with 4.9% of residents having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the 2.8% national figure.
4.9%
Higher than 80% 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 Blakiston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40122/blakiston/topic/community