14.3% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Balfours Peak · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Balfours Peak
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people provide unpaid childcare in Balfours Peak compared to the rest of the country. While 38.1% of residents care for children unpaid, other forms of community help and service are less common here. This creates a distinct profile where family care dominates over wider community volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and about the same as the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The number of people caring for children unpaid is far above the national figure, reaching 38.1%. In contrast, only 7.1% provide other unpaid care or do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below the state and national levels.
7.1% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.1% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 38.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
7.1% —
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 7.1%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the New South Wales and Australian averages.
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 Balfours Peak [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10153/balfours-peak/topic/community