18.3% ▼ -30.7%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Beaufort · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Beaufort
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Beaufort volunteer than in most similar areas. Around 18.3% of residents give their time to community work, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of participation stands out despite a drop in volunteering since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most areas, with 18.3% of people helping out. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria, though the figure has fallen 8.1 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 21.0%, while 23.4% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, which is higher than the national figure. General unpaid care sits at 12.7%, about the same as the state and national levels.
12.7% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.0% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% ▼ -15.8%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 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.
Defence service is much more common in Beaufort than in most similar areas. The 3.9% of residents who have served is a little above the 2.0% seen in Victoria and 2.8% across Australia.
3.9%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Beaufort [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/201031014/beaufort/topic/community