61.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ballaying · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ballaying
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 61.5% of people in Ballaying volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong culture of unpaid care and home support within the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 61.5% of residents giving their time. This is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia and among the highest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is a major part of local life, as 46.2% of people care for children unpaid, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with high rates of other unpaid work, including 34.6% spending 15 or more hours on housework and 15.4% providing unpaid care.
15.4% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
46.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.6% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Ballaying has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the Western Australian and national figures of around 2.9% and 2.8%.
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 Ballaying [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50062/ballaying/topic/community