6.6% ▼ -19.4%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Belmore · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Belmore
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Belmore is marked by lower levels of unpaid work and community service than in other areas. Only 6.6% of people volunteer here, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This pattern of lower participation extends into unpaid care and housework as well.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Belmore are among the lowest for similar areas, at just 6.6%. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 19.7% of people caring for children unpaid. Similarly, the 17.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is well below the national figure of 20.7%.
10.7% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.7% ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.1% ▲ +2.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 17.1%
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 0.5% of the population. This is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
0.5%
Lower than 71% 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 Belmore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10279/belmore/topic/community