18.4% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Balliang East · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Balliang East
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Balliang East provide unpaid childcare, the highest figure across community participation. This reflects a community where many residents are active in family care and volunteering, with participation rates often sitting well above state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.4% of people giving their time. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 29.1% of residents provide unpaid childcare—a little above the national figure—only 13.3% provide general unpaid care. Interestingly, the 15.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is well below both the state and national averages.
13.3% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.1% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.8% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 15.8%
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.
About 2.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Balliang East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20116/balliang-east/topic/community