8.3% ▼ -24.3%
Lower than 92% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Blacktown · State Electorate
Community Participation in Blacktown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About one quarter of people in Blacktown provide unpaid care for children, making this the most common form of community contribution in the area. However, overall community involvement is quite low, with volunteering rates far below those seen across the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.3% of residents volunteer, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%. This level of participation has fallen by 2.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is provided by 24.9% of people, which is slightly below the Australian average. Other forms of unpaid work are also lower than most areas, with 10.0% providing general unpaid care and 19.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework.
10.0% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 83% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.9% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.6% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 63% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 19.6%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.1% of the population, a figure that is among the lowest for similar areas and a little below the own state and national rates.
1.1%
Lower than 94% 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 Blacktown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10010/blacktown/topic/community