13.5% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ballard · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ballard
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Ballard do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week, which is well above the national figure. This highlights a community where home-based work is very common, though others are less likely to provide general unpaid care than in most areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 29.3% of people provide unpaid childcare—a little above the national average—only 8.3% provide other unpaid care, which is much lower than in most areas.
8.3% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.3% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 29.3%
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.
Defence service is common for the area's size, with 3.0% of people having served, a figure about the same as across Queensland and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Ballard [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30129/ballard/topic/community