19.5% ▼ -12.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Balmain East · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Balmain East
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Balmain East volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community spirit stands out in an area where other forms of unpaid work, such as childcare and housework, are less common than in most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.5% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 21.8% of people caring for children unpaid, well below the Australian average of 26.3%. This trend carries over to housework and general care, with about 21.0% doing 15 or more hours of housework and 11.6% providing unpaid care.
11.6% ▲ +4.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.8% ▼ -10.2%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.0% ▲ +13.3%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 21.0%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, with 2.1% of the population having done so, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10166/balmain-east/topic/community