13.3% ▼ -23.4%
Lower than 77% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Broken Hill · Urban Area
Community Participation in Broken Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of volunteering and childcare define the community participation patterns in Broken Hill compared to similar areas. While 13.3% of people volunteer, this is a drop from 17.4% seen in 2011. The area also sees fewer people stepping into unpaid care roles for children and the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Broken Hill is much lower than in most similar areas. At 13.3%, the figure is about the same as the state and national averages, though it has fallen 4.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people here provide unpaid childcare (22.6%) or do significant housework (20.1%) compared to most other areas. In contrast, the 13.0% of residents providing other types of unpaid care is a little above the national figure.
13.0% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 52% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.6% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% ▼ -15.9%
Lower than 71% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 20.1%
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.
About 3.1% of residents in Broken Hill have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
3.1%
Lower than 52% of urban area 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 Broken Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1007/broken-hill/topic/community