40.9% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 49.4%
- 2021: 40.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bellmount Forest · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bellmount Forest
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 40.9% of people in Bellmount Forest volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement marks the area as one of the most active for volunteering at its level.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 40.9% of residents helping out, a figure that is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 26.9% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure—the 10.8% who provide unpaid care is lower than most areas.
10.8% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.9% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 26.9%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than elsewhere, with 7.1% of people having served, which is well above the 2.8% national average.
7.1%
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 Bellmount Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10274/bellmount-forest/topic/community