8.7% ▼ -29.9%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Belmont South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Belmont South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few residents in Belmont South volunteer their time, ranking among the lowest for this activity. While unpaid care for others is common, only 8.7% of the community spends time volunteering, which is well below both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 8.7% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well below the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 14.4% of people providing such support, which is a little above the national figure. This is alongside 24.6% of residents caring for children unpaid, a rate about the same as the state average.
14.4% ▲ +16.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.8% ▼ -22.2%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 18.8%
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 2.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the rates for New South Wales and Australia.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10278/belmont-south/topic/community