10.6% ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bellfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bellfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Bellfield has seen shifts over the years, with current trends showing a lower lean toward formal volunteering. Only 10.6% of residents volunteer their time, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Formal volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas, sitting at 10.6% compared to 13.3% for Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is more common here than in most areas, with 13.6% of people doing so. However, those spending 15 or more hours a week on housework are much fewer than in most other areas at 17.3%.
13.6% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.7% ▲ +8.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.3% ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 17.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.5% of the population, which is lower than in most similar areas.
1.5%
Lower than 63% 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 Bellfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20198/bellfield/topic/community