14.2% ▼ -18.6%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Blackwater · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Blackwater
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Blackwater provide unpaid child care, a figure well above the national average. While many residents help raise children, other forms of community contribution and unpaid care are less common here than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.2% of the community volunteers, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures. This is a drop from 2011, when 17.4% of people volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is common at 29.9%, but other care roles are rare; only 7.4% provide unpaid care, which is well below the national figure of 11.9%. Similarly, 18.8% do 15 or more hours of housework, a figure that is much lower than most areas.
7.4% ▼ -31.0%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.9% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.8% ▼ -27.5%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 18.8%
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.
Defence service is uncommon in Blackwater, with only 2.3% of people having served. This is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
2.3%
Lower than 81% 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 Blackwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315008/blackwater/topic/community