25.5% ▼ -7.8%
Higher than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Belair · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Belair
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in Belair volunteer, a figure far above the national rate of 14.1%. This high level of community involvement is matched by strong rates of unpaid care and a higher-than-average number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 25.5%, volunteering is among the highest for areas of this type, though this is 2.2 percentage points lower than it was in 2011. This remains well above the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 30.3% of people caring for children and 25.8% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above national figures. Additionally, the 15.7% of people providing unpaid care is among the highest for similar areas and has risen since 2011.
15.7% ▲ +26.2%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.3% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 25.8%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.4% of the population, which is higher than in most other areas. This is about the same as the figures for South Australia and Australia.
3.4%
Higher than 65% 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 Belair [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/403031065/belair/topic/community