28.9% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bluff Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bluff Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people volunteer in Bluff Beach compared to the rest of the country. This community is marked by high levels of unpaid work and a strong history of military service, with numbers far exceeding the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.9% of people helping out. This is far above the 14.1% national figure and the 17.0% seen across South Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life in Bluff Beach, where 34.2% of people provide unpaid care and 44.7% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly—both far above the national figures. However, the 18.4% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
34.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.4% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
44.7% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 44.7%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most areas, with 7.7% of residents having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 3.2% recorded for South Australia.
7.7%
Higher than 91% 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 Bluff Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40128/bluff-beach/topic/community