20.7% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bellevue Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bellevue Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines Bellevue Hill, where over 20% of residents give their time to others. This level of community involvement is well above the national figure of 14.1%. While civic engagement is high, other forms of unpaid work and service are less common here than in most other Australian areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.7% of people in Bellevue Hill volunteer, which is higher than most areas and well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring for children is common with 26.5% of residents doing so, which is about the same as the national figure. However, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are much fewer than in most areas, sitting at 18.2%.
11.8% ▲ +14.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.2% ▲ +19.1%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 18.2%
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 1.2% of the population, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.2%
Lower than 66% 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 Bellevue Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10271/bellevue-hill/topic/community