18.1% ▼ -26.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 18.1%
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.
Daily life in Balmoral involves a high level of unpaid support, with 31.4% of people caring for children. This is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Residents are also more likely to give their time to the community, as volunteering rates here are significantly higher than across Queensland and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Balmoral, with 18.1% of people pitching in. This is well above the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While much more people care for children unpaid (31.4%) than in most areas, other types of home support are less common. Those providing general unpaid care (9.6%) and those doing over 15 hours of housework (19.3%) are both a little below the state and national figures.
9.6% ▲ +8.6%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.4% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% ▼ -1.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 19.3%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.0% of the population, which is about the same as the 2.8% seen across 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 Balmoral [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30132/balmoral/topic/community