15.3% ▼ -18.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Balaclava · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Balaclava
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in Balaclava have shifted since 2011, with 15.3% of residents now giving their time to others. This is a little above the national figure, though it remains lower than most similar areas. Overall, community involvement here is modest, with few residents engaged in unpaid care or military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.3% of people volunteer here. While this is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia, it is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than elsewhere. Only 19.1% of people care for children unpaid, and just 12.4% spend 15 or more hours on housework, both of which are well below the national figures.
10.3% ▲ +22.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.1% ▲ +3.7%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.4% ▲ +1.8%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.4%
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.
Defence service is relatively uncommon in the area, with 0.8% of people having served. This is a little below the rates seen across Victoria and Australia.
0.8%
Lower than 69% 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 Balaclava [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20105/balaclava/topic/community