11.7% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bellbird Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bellbird Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 30% of people in Bellbird Heights provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This high level of family care stands out as the most significant form of community contribution in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower than in most similar areas, with only 11.7% of residents giving their time.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 30.8% of people caring for children and 14.8% providing general unpaid care—both figures are well above the New South Wales average. Additionally, 23.4% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, slightly above the national figure.
14.8% ▲ +31.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.8% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 23.4%
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 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 55% 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 Bellbird Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10269/bellbird-heights/topic/community