20.0% ▲ +11.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Blackwall · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Blackwall
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines Blackwall, where 20% of people give their time to help others. This is well above the national figure of 14.1% and shows a community that is more active in local support than most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in five residents volunteers here, which is a little above the Tasmanian rate of 18% and significantly higher than the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.5% of people provide some form of unpaid care, the proportion of residents caring for children is 18.1%, which is well below both the state and national figures.
13.5% → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.1% ▼ -1.9%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 23.1%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most other areas, with 5.8% of people having served in the Defence Force, well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
5.8%
Higher than 86% 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 Blackwall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60053/blackwall/topic/community