15.0% ▼ -42.3%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Balmoral · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Balmoral
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Balmoral involves a high level of unpaid support, with 15.3% of residents providing care for others. While this is well above the national figure, the community has seen a sharp drop in traditional volunteering over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15% of people in Balmoral volunteer, which is about the same as the Australian average. However, this is a significant drop from 2011, when 26% of the population volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 26.5% of people caring for children and 15.3% providing other unpaid care, a rate much higher than most areas. Meanwhile, those doing 15 or more hours of housework fell to 23% since 2011.
15.3% ▼ -12.6%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▲ +18.6%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▼ -25.3%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 23.0%
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 little more than 3.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is slightly above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
3.8%
Higher than 57% 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 Balmoral [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122011/balmoral/topic/community