11.2% ▼ -59.4%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bellangry · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bellangry
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Bellangry has shifted over the last decade, now marked by a very strong presence of former service members. While 7.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, other forms of community activity like volunteering remain low.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.2% of people in Bellangry volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and sits a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is far below the national figure, with only 14.3% of people providing this support. However, 25.5% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 21.2%.
7.1% ▼ -55.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.3% ▼ -29.0%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 25.5%
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 proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force. At 7.2%, this is among the highest for similar areas and well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
7.2%
Higher than 89% 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 Bellangry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10265/bellangry/topic/community