25.3% ▼ -36.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.6%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ballimore · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ballimore
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Ballimore than in most similar areas. About 25.3% of residents give their time to community work, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This creates a strong pattern of community involvement across the district.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in four residents here volunteers, a rate that is much higher than most areas. This figure is 12 percentage points above the New South Wales average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national figure at 22.2%. Similarly, those doing 15 or more hours of housework is a little below the state average, while 13.4% of people provide other types of unpaid care.
13.4% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.2% ▼ -29.4%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.6% ▼ -36.7%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 19.6%
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.
About 1.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 63% 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 Ballimore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10162/ballimore/topic/community