14.6% ▼ -23.4%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Balgownie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Balgownie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Balgownie provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the state average. This high level of family support defines the community's participation patterns. While many residents contribute through care and home duties, others engage through volunteering and military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of the community volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and roughly the same as the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 25.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly—well above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend extends to general care, where 14.6% of residents provide unpaid support, which is well above the state average.
14.6% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.6% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 25.8%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.2% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Balgownie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10156/balgownie/topic/community