13.0% ▼ -37.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bella Vista · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bella Vista
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Bella Vista has remained steady over the last decade, though unpaid family work is common. While 29% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the New South Wales figure, other forms of volunteering are less frequent.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13% of people volunteer here, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family responsibilities are high in Bella Vista, with 29% of people caring for children unpaid and 25.1% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above state and national levels. General unpaid care is around 12.1%, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
12.1% ▲ +19.6%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.0% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.1% ▲ +21.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 25.1%
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.
About 1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.0%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality 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 Bella Vista [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10263/bella-vista/topic/community