21.4% ▼ -37.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Balmoral Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Balmoral Ridge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Balmoral Ridge volunteer than in most similar areas. About 21.4% of the population gives their time to others, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This community is more active in volunteering, though fewer residents provide unpaid care for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.4% of residents helping out. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a major commitment for 34.5% of people, a figure far above the national average of 20.7%. In contrast, those caring for children unpaid (18.9%) and people providing general unpaid care (10.0%) are both well below state and national figures.
10.0% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.9% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.5% ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 34.5%
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.
Around 3.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is higher than most similar areas and sits about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30133/balmoral-ridge/topic/community