12.2% ▼ -24.8%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Balmoral · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Balmoral
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 28.1% of people in Balmoral provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than most similar areas. This focus on family care stands out in a place where other forms of community contribution are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most other areas, with 12.2% of residents helping out. This is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care roles are common, with 13% of people providing unpaid care and 24.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework. These figures are well above the national averages.
13.0% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.1% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 24.6%
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 2.9% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 55% 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 Balmoral [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10167/balmoral/topic/community