12.4% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Belmont · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Belmont
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local community involvement in Belmont has shifted over the last decade, with 3.6% of residents having served in the Defence Force. While military service is more common here than in most areas, volunteering is much lower than in similar places. These figures show a community with a strong veteran presence but lower rates of unpaid local volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower than in most similar areas, with 12.4% of people helping out. This is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 12.9% of residents provide unpaid care, which is a little above the New South Wales figure. Unpaid childcare and housework rates are around the middle or slightly lower than other areas.
12.9% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.2% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 21.2%
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.
A higher proportion of people in Belmont have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, at 3.6%. This is a little above the state average of 2.3%.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Belmont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10276/belmont/topic/community