18.7% ▼ -20.0%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Belgrave · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Belgrave
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 34.4% of people in Belgrave provide unpaid childcare, which is much higher than most other areas. This high level of care is mirrored in other community activities, as residents are more likely to volunteer and help others than people in the wider state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.7% of people here volunteer, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is common here, with 25.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework per week. This is well above the national figure of 20.7%, while 14.9% provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the Australian average.
14.9% ▲ +30.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.4% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 25.7%
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.
Around 2.5% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as both Victoria and Australia.
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 Belgrave [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20188/belgrave/topic/community