23.5% ▼ -12.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Beechworth · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Beechworth
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in four people in Beechworth volunteer their time, making it a place where community involvement is much more common than across the rest of the country. This strong spirit of helping others is reflected in high rates of unpaid care and a notable number of former defence force members living in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 23.5% of people giving their time. This is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is more common than in most areas, with 14.0% of residents helping others. About 25.0% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
14.0% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.1% ▲ +0.4%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
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.
A much higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to similar areas. At 4.3%, this is a little above both the Victorian (2.0%) and Australian (2.8%) figures.
4.3%
Higher than 74% 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 Beechworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20186/beechworth/topic/community