14.5% ▼ -25.8%
Higher than 50% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Baulkham Hills · State Electorate
Community Participation in Baulkham Hills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Baulkham Hills provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This highlights a strong focus on family care in the area, though other forms of community involvement show more mixed patterns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 14.5% of residents volunteer, which is about the same as the Australian average. However, this level of community involvement has fallen by 5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for children is very common here, with 30.7% of people doing so. Housework is also a significant part of life for 25.7% of residents, a figure well above the national average, while those providing other types of unpaid care are fewer than in most areas.
11.4% ▼ -2.8%
Lower than 63% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.7% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 25.7%
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.
Very few residents have served in the Defence Force, at just 1.5%. This is much lower than most other areas and slightly below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 86% of state electorate 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 Baulkham Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10008/baulkham-hills/topic/community