16.7% ▼ -36.8%
Higher than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Black · State Electorate
Community Participation in Black
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid childcare define the community in Black compared to the rest of the country. While 31.7% of residents provide unpaid child care, volunteering has seen a sharp decline since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of people here volunteer, which is higher than most areas and a little above the national figure. However, this is a significant drop from 2011, when 26.4% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is very common here, with 31.7% of people looking after children unpaid, a figure well above the national average. Similarly, 23.1% do 15 or more hours of housework a week, and 13.6% provide other types of unpaid care.
13.6% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.7% ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 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.
A higher proportion of the population in Black has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.4% of residents having served.
3.4%
Higher than 65% 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 Black [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40003/black/topic/community