17.7% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Belrose · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Belrose
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Belrose provide unpaid care for children, which is higher than most other areas. This strong focus on family care is mirrored in a high rate of local volunteering. Overall, the community is more active in both unpaid work and volunteer roles than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.7% of residents giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.1% of people provide unpaid childcare—a little above the national figure—around 24.7% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the Australian average of 20.7%. General unpaid care for others is less common, at 11.5%, which is about the same as the state and nation.
11.5% ▲ +2.4%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.1% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.7% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 24.7%
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 typical for the area, with 2.5% of people having served. This is about the same as the 2.3% across New South Wales and the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Belrose [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10283/belrose/topic/community