17.1% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ballengarra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ballengarra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Ballengarra than in the rest of the state. This community is highly active, with 23.2% of people giving unpaid care and a strong presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.1% of residents giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very high in this area, with 23.2% of people providing support, which is far above the national figure of 11.9%. About 24.4% of residents also do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a rate well above the Australian average.
23.2% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.8% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 24.4%
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.
The area has a strong military connection, as 10.1% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is well above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
10.1%
Higher than 96% 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 Ballengarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10161/ballengarra/topic/community