15.8% ▼ -38.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Blanchetown · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Blanchetown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong history of military service defines daily life in Blanchetown, where 6.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force. While few people here provide unpaid childcare, there is a notably high rate of those caring for others in the community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.8% of people volunteer their time, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is more common here than in most areas, with 15.0% of people providing support. In contrast, the rate of people caring for children unpaid is much lower than most areas at 17.3%, falling well below the national figure of 26.3%.
15.0% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.3% ▼ -16.2%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▼ -24.3%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 21.1%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 6.5%, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.5%
Higher than 88% 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 Blanchetown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40124/blanchetown/topic/community