27.0% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.9%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Balbarrup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Balbarrup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Balbarrup now volunteer, a rate that has climbed significantly since 2011. This level of community involvement is far above both the state and national figures, marking it as a highly active area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 27% of residents volunteer their time, which is much higher than most similar areas and far above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 5.6% of people providing unpaid care and 22.2% caring for children unpaid, both well below the state and national figures.
5.6% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.2% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.9% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 15.9%
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 more frequent in Balbarrup than in most areas, with 4.7% of the population having served, a little above the 2.8% recorded across Australia.
4.7%
Higher than 78% 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 Balbarrup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50052/balbarrup/topic/community