17.8% ▼ -25.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
East Ballina · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in East Ballina
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national average for volunteering, East Ballina is a place where people frequently give their time to others. About 17.8% of residents volunteer, which is significantly higher than the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 18% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is more common here than in most areas, with 15% of residents doing so. This is well above the national figure of 11.9%, while 25.9% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
15.0% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% ▼ -4.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 23.6%
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.
A higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.3% of the population having served.
3.3%
Higher than 60% 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 East Ballina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11348/east-ballina/topic/community