25.5% ▼ -40.9%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 43.1%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Blackwood · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Blackwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of residents in Blackwood (L) volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. While this level of community spirit remains much higher than most areas, the proportion of volunteers has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 25.5% of people volunteer here, which is 11 percentage points higher than the Australian average. This is a significant drop from 2011, when 43.1% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is more common here than in most areas, with 26.4% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on it. Meanwhile, 24.5% provide unpaid childcare, which is slightly lower than the Victorian figure.
12.6% ▲ +8.8%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% ▲ +27.0%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.4% ▼ -27.0%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 26.4%
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 much higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to similar areas. At 5.4%, this is well above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
5.4%
Higher than 83% 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Blackwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222008/blackwood/topic/community