22.1% ▼ -34.5%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bellbrae · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bellbrae
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A significantly higher share of people in Bellbrae contribute their time to others compared to the rest of the state. About 22.1% of residents volunteer, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%. This spirit of contribution extends into the home, where more people perform unpaid housework and care tasks than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.1% of people helping out. This is well above the 14.1% national average and the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is more frequent here than in most areas, as 26% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is well above the national figure of 20.7%, while 14% of residents provide unpaid care, which is a little above the Australian average.
14.0% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▼ -23.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% ▼ -20.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 26.0%
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.
About 2.4% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the 2% seen in Victoria and the 2.8% national average.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Bellbrae [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20195/bellbrae/topic/community