14.2% ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Balgownie - Fairy Meadow · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Roughly a quarter of people in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution here. While many residents help out at home and in the community, the number of people volunteering has dropped over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.2% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure. However, this is down 3.5 percentage points from 2011, when 17.7% of people volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here provide unpaid care or do significant housework than in most other areas. Specifically, 13.5% provide unpaid care and 22.6% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, both of which are a little above national figures.
13.5% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.9% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.6% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 22.6%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 2.1%. This is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia, though it is lower than most similar areas.
2.1%
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Balgownie - Fairy Meadow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/107041144/balgownie-fairy-meadow/topic/community