23.0% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Belgrave Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Belgrave Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Belgrave Heights provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This area shows a strong commitment to others, with very high rates of volunteering and family care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.0% of people giving their time, which is well above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus, as 33.5% of residents provide unpaid care for children, far exceeding the state average of 26.3%. Housework takes up 15 or more hours a week for 23.4% of people, though the 11.7% who provide other types of unpaid care is lower than in most areas.
11.7% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.5% ▼ -9.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% ▼ -15.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 23.4%
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 2.3% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Victorian figure of 2.0%.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20189/belgrave-heights/topic/community