13.3% ▼ -26.1%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Broken Hill · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Broken Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 22.5% of people in Broken Hill provide unpaid childcare, which is the most common form of community contribution here. While various forms of unpaid work are present, the area has seen a notable drop in volunteers over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen by 4.7 points since 2011 to 13.3%. This is much lower than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13% of people provide some form of unpaid care, those doing 15 or more hours of housework have fallen to 20.1%. Unpaid childcare is lower than the national figure, at 22.5%.
13.0% ▲ +6.4%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.5% ▲ +5.1%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% ▼ -21.2%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 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.
Around 3.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas, but remains about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.2%
Lower than 61% of urban centre 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).
More for Broken Hill
Cite this page
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/ucl/UCL113003/broken-hill/topic/community