17.3% ▼ -17.1%
Higher than 75% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ballina · Urban Area
Community Participation in Ballina
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of community involvement set Ballina apart from similar areas. Local residents are particularly active in unpaid roles, with 17.3% of the population volunteering. This level of engagement is well above both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.3% of people in Ballina volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This is much higher than most similar areas, although the rate has fallen 3.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.6% of people providing care and 23.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both figures being higher than most areas. Meanwhile, the 25.0% of people caring for children unpaid is about the same as the state average.
13.6% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 72% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -1.2%
Lower than 60% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 77% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 23.4%
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 proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force compared to most similar areas. At 3.6%, this is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.6%
Higher than 66% of urban area 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 Ballina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1003/ballina/topic/community