22.5% ▼ -54.1%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.9%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Balgowan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Balgowan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines Balgowan, where 22.5% of people give their time to help others. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. The area shows a high level of community involvement, though it has very few people who have served in the military.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.5% of residents pitching in. This is well above the 17.0% seen across South Australia and higher than most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many people provide unpaid care here, at 16.9%, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. However, the number of people caring for children unpaid is far below the state and national averages at just 13.5%.
16.9% ▲ +24.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.5% ▼ -65.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.6%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▼ -35.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.9%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 22.5%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is well below the South Australian figure of 3.2% and lower than most other areas.
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 Balgowan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40065/balgowan/topic/community