24.5% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Baldersleigh · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Baldersleigh
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in four people in Baldersleigh volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit stands out in a place where very few people provide unpaid care or have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.5% of residents giving their time. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few people provide unpaid care, with 0.0% giving care to others and only 5.7% caring for children, both far below national levels. However, 22.6% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is a little above the national figure.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
5.7% —
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.6% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.0%
- 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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 Baldersleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10151/baldersleigh/topic/community