39.5% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.8%
- 2016: 40.3%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Balingup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Balingup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 40% of people in Balingup volunteer their time, a figure that has remained strong and far exceeds national levels. This high level of community spirit is a standout feature of the area, where residents are much more likely to give back to their local community than people in the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 39.5% of people helping out. This is far above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is frequent in Balingup, where 15.4% of people provide care and 34.9% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, both far above national figures. However, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average at 22.4%.
15.4% ▲ +22.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% ▼ -3.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.9% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 34.9%
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.
A higher number of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 3.6%, this is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and Australia.
3.6%
Higher than 66% 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 Balingup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50056/balingup/topic/community