11.5% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
South Ballina · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in South Ballina
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over half of the people in South Ballina spend 15 hours or more each week on unpaid housework. This is a striking figure that puts the area among the highest for housework in the region. Other forms of community involvement and care are generally lower than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.5% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and slightly below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A very high 53.8% of residents perform 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, far above the Australian figure of 20.7%. In contrast, those caring for children unpaid are far below the national average at just 11.5%.
11.5% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.5% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
53.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 53.8%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most similar areas and slightly below the national rate of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 South Ballina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13592/south-ballina/topic/community