20.1% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lower Belford · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lower Belford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving their time to others has become a common trait in Lower Belford, where volunteering is now far more frequent than in most other areas. About 20.1% of residents volunteer, a figure that sits well above both the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very high here, with 20.1% of people pitching in, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common in Lower Belford; 28.7% of people care for children and 26.9% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above the national figures. General unpaid care is slightly higher than the Australian average at 13.2%.
13.2% ▼ -16.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.7% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.9% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 26.9%
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 more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.6% of people having served, slightly above the New South Wales rate 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 Lower Belford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12410/lower-belford/topic/community