15.3% ▼ -40.6%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ballina · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Ballina
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A sharp 10 percentage point drop in volunteering since 2011 marks a significant shift in how people spend their spare time in Ballina. While 15.3% of residents still volunteer, the area now sees fewer people providing unpaid childcare than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen since 2011 to 15.3%. This is lower than most other similar areas, though it remains a little above the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national figure at 20.3%. While the proportion of people doing housework is about the same as the rest of the country, 13.8% of residents provide other forms of unpaid care, which is higher than most areas.
13.8% ▲ +24.8%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.3% ▼ -16.6%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.8% ▲ +1.8%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 20.8%
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 common here than in most similar areas, with 4.3% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the rates for both New South Wales and Australia.
4.3%
Higher than 66% of urban centre 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/ucl/UCL113001/ballina/topic/community