24.3% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ballandean · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ballandean
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher volunteer rates than most similar areas define Ballandean. Around 24.3% of people here volunteer their time, which is far above the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly a quarter of residents volunteer, a rate that is 10 percentage points higher than the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 24.6% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the state average—the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is 21.4%, which is well below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
10.9% ▲ +6.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.4% ▼ -32.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▼ -22.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 24.6%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.7% of the population, which is a higher proportion than in most similar areas.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Ballandean [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30128/ballandean/topic/community