10.4% ▼ -64.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ballendella · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ballendella
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Ballendella has shifted over the years, with 15.1% of residents now providing unpaid care. This is higher than the national figure. While few people here volunteer, many spend significant time on housework and caring for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.4% of people in Ballendella volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is common here, with 29.2% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This is despite the fact that people caring for children unpaid are far below the national average at 13.2%.
15.1% ▲ +14.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.2% ▼ -61.7%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.2% ▼ -12.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 29.2%
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 than usual 4.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Victoria figure of 2.0%.
4.0%
Higher than 72% 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 Ballendella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20114/ballendella/topic/community