19.1% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Balmain · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Balmain
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Balmain volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community involvement stands out against a more modest trend in unpaid care and defence service within the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.1% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above both the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common than in most areas, with 10.5% of people providing care and 20.5% doing 15 or more hours of housework. Meanwhile, 26.7% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is a little above the state figure.
10.5% ▲ +17.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.7% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.5% ▲ +33.3%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 20.5%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.8%, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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 Balmain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10165/balmain/topic/community