15.5% ▲ +9.8%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Belmore River · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Belmore River
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Belmore River provide unpaid childcare than the New South Wales average. While the area has a lower rate of general volunteering than most similar places, nearly 29% of residents look after children without pay. This creates a community profile where home-based care is more common than formal volunteer work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.5% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and the state figure of 13.0%. However, this rate is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care for children is a major activity here, with 28.8% of people doing this unpaid work, well above the New South Wales figure of 25.3%. In contrast, the 11% who provide other unpaid care and the 21.5% doing heavy housework are both lower than in most similar areas.
11.0% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.8% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▼ -19.3%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 21.5%
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 Force service is common for the area's level, with 2.7% of residents having served. This is about the same as the 2.8% national figure and the 2.3% state figure.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10280/belmore-river/topic/community