24.1% ▲ +35.8%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
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Community Participation in Balnarring - Balnarring Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in four people in Balnarring - Balnarring Beach volunteer, making it a community where local contribution is very common. This high level of civic engagement is paired with a strong tendency for residents to provide unpaid care for family and others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far more common here than in the rest of Victoria, with 24.1% of people helping out. This figure has risen 6.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very prevalent, with 31.2% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, a figure far above the national average. This is seen alongside higher-than-usual rates of people caring for children (31.4%) and others (16.6%).
16.6% ▲ +50.7%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.4% ▼ -16.6%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.6%
- 2016: 39.1%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.2% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 31.2%
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 population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.0% of residents having been in the military.
4.0%
Higher than 62% 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 Balnarring - Balnarring Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215007/balnarring-balnarring-beach/topic/community