28.6% ▼ -36.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.0%
- 2016: 41.0%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Balmoral · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Balmoral
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of residents in Balmoral volunteer their time, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community spirit defines the area, where people are much more likely to give their time to others than in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.6% of people helping out, which is 15 percentage points higher than both the Victorian and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people care for children unpaid compared to the state average, 14.9% provide other unpaid care and 26.1% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
14.9% ▲ +82.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.0% ▼ -40.8%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% ▼ -11.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 26.1%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most areas, with 6.2% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
6.2%
Higher than 87% 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 Balmoral [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20119/balmoral/topic/community