13.8% ▼ -20.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ballina · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ballina
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 4.5% of people in Ballina have served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most similar areas. While veteran presence is high, other forms of community contribution are more typical for the region. Unpaid care and volunteering rates generally sit close to state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.8% of residents volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the New South Wales and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people here provide unpaid childcare (17.8%) compared to the national figure of 26.3%. However, 12.9% of the population provides some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the national average.
12.9% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.8% ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.0% ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 19.0%
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 4.5% of the population, which is a little above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Ballina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10163/ballina/topic/community