22.2% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Beeac · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Beeac
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Beeac volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This community shows a high level of engagement, with many residents contributing to unpaid care and local activities.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 22.2% of people helping out. This is well above the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much more common than in most areas, with 17.4% of people providing support. This includes 25.2% who do over 15 hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the national 20.7%.
17.4% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.2% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 25.2%
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 2.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for Victoria (2.0%) and Australia (2.8%).
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Beeac [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20184/beeac/topic/community