12.6% ▼ -63.5%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Blackbutt · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Blackbutt
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A sharp drop in volunteering defines the recent social landscape in Blackbutt. While 12.6% of people still volunteer, this is a 22 percentage point fall since 2011. The area now sits slightly below both the Queensland and national figures for community involvement.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas. Only 12.6% of residents volunteer, which is a little below the 14.1% recorded for Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is far below the national figure at 14.1%, yet 13.9% of people provide other types of unpaid care. This is a little above the national average, alongside 26.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
13.9% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.1% ▼ -51.9%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 26.1%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most similar areas. At 4.5%, the proportion of people who served is a little above the 2.8% national average and about the same as the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
4.5%
Higher than 72% 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 Blackbutt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321016/blackbutt/topic/community