34.7% ▲ +340.0%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Balingup · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Balingup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 34.7% of people in Balingup volunteer, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This community is very active in giving their time, with volunteer numbers jumping 27 percentage points since 2011. This spirit of service extends to unpaid care and former defence members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are far above the national figure of 14.1%, and they have risen sharply from just 7.9% in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 16.1% of people providing care and 31.5% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above the state and national figures. Meanwhile, those caring for children unpaid have fallen to 21.8%, which is well below the Western Australian average.
16.1% ▲ +27.2%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.8% ▼ -49.2%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 42.9%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.5% ▲ +103.9%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 31.5%
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 in Balingup than in most other areas, with 4.0% of residents having served, slightly above the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Balingup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522002/balingup/topic/community