14.1% ▼ -28.2%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Belmont · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Belmont
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Belmont is shaped by a strong commitment to family and home, with 27.3% of people providing unpaid childcare. While volunteering is slightly less common here than in other similar areas, the community's contribution to home and care work remains consistent with state and national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.1% of residents volunteer their time, which is lower than most similar areas but about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The proportion of people caring for children unpaid is 27.3%, higher than most areas. Meanwhile, 21.2% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework and 12.5% provide other types of unpaid care.
12.5% ▲ +4.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.2% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 21.2%
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 2.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the Victorian average.
2.2%
Lower than 58% 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 Belmont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20201/belmont/topic/community