13.6% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Balcomba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Balcomba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Balcomba has remained steady over the last decade, though unpaid care is far less common here than elsewhere. Only 13.6% of people volunteer, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures. The area is most notable for having almost no one reporting unpaid care or housework duties.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.6% of people in Balcomba volunteer, a figure that is lower than most areas but about the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very uncommon here, with 0.0% of people providing unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework. This is far below the Queensland figure of 11.5% for care and 20.7% for housework. Only 18.2% care for children unpaid, which is well below the national average of 26.3%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.2% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
No one in Balcomba has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and well below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Balcomba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30122/balcomba/topic/community