10.7% —
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bellbird Park · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Bellbird Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of people in Bellbird Park provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. While family care is a major part of local life, other forms of community involvement and volunteering are less common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.7% of residents volunteer, which is well below the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for children is very common, with 35.4% of people doing so, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. However, other unpaid care and housework are less frequent, with 10.7% of people providing general unpaid care, a little below the Australian average.
10.7% —
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.4% —
Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% —
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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 high 4.1% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 78% 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 Bellbird Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/310041566/bellbird-park/topic/community