9.6% ▼ -0.7%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Balga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Balga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer than 10% of people volunteer in Balga, which is a significant gap compared to the rest of the state. This trend of lower community involvement is seen across various forms of unpaid work and service, with rates for volunteering and home care sitting well below national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.6% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below both Western Australia's 15.9% and the Australian average of 14.1%. This is much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than elsewhere, with only 9.2% of people providing this support. This is a little below the national figure, and the 14.2% who do 15 or more hours of housework is among the lowest for this level of area.
9.2% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.3% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.2% ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 14.2%
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 less common in Balga than in most other areas. Only 1.8% of the population have served, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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 Balga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50055/balga/topic/community