13.8% ▼ -53.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bellata · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bellata
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define the community in Bellata, where 15.7% of people provide this support. This stands well above both the state and national figures. While many residents step up to help others, few are involved in traditional volunteering or childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.8% of people in Bellata volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and roughly the same as the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here, with 15.7% of people doing so, far exceeding the national figure of 11.9%. In contrast, those caring for children unpaid (20.0%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (19.0%) are both well below state and national levels.
15.7% ▲ +46.1%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.0% ▼ -30.8%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.0% ▼ -28.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 19.0%
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 higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.3% of residents having served.
3.3%
Higher 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 Bellata [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10266/bellata/topic/community