15.3% ▼ -20.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
West Ballina · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in West Ballina
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Five per cent of people in West Ballina have served in the Defence Force, a figure much higher than most other areas. This reflects a community with a strong history of service, while general volunteering remains slightly above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.3% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national figure at 19.6%, yet 14.7% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is well above the state average. Around 22.8% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework per week.
14.7% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.6% ▼ -17.7%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 22.8%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 5.0%, which is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
5.0%
Higher than 80% 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 West Ballina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14257/west-ballina/topic/community