10.1% ▼ -24.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bellambi · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bellambi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 10.1% of people in Bellambi volunteer, a figure that is well below the national average. This community sees lower levels of formal volunteering and defence service than most other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower than in most areas, with 10.1% of residents helping out. This is a little below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 12.4% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure. This includes 23.9% who care for children unpaid and 21.3% who do 15 or more hours of housework a week.
12.4% ▼ -16.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.9% ▼ -17.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.3% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 21.3%
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 1.9% of the population. This is lower than most areas, though it is about the same as the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Bellambi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10264/bellambi/topic/community