22.7% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Blewitt Springs · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Blewitt Springs
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people contribute their time to others in Blewitt Springs compared to the rest of the country. This is seen in the strong rates of volunteering and unpaid care, which both sit well above the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.7% of people giving their time. This is well above the 17.0% seen across South Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common in this area, with 31.5% of people caring for children and 28.0% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly. Both figures are well above the national averages.
14.7% ▼ -21.4%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.5% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.0% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 28.0%
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.
About 3.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 3.2% in South Australia and 2.8% across Australia.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Blewitt Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40126/blewitt-springs/topic/community