29.5% ▼ -37.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.4%
- 2016: 47.0%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Beulah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Beulah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 29.5% of people in Beulah volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This reflects a community with a very high level of unpaid contribution and service. Most residents are active in helping others, whether through formal volunteering or caring for family.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most similar areas. At 29.5%, the rate is far above both the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, with 20.8% of people providing care, well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is seen in the 33.3% of residents who do 15 or more hours of housework a week, a rate far above the Victorian average of 20.1%.
20.8% ▲ +86.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.3% → 0.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 33.3%
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.
Military service is much more common in Beulah than in most other areas. The 6.1% of people who served in the Defence Force is well above the 2.8% recorded across Australia.
6.1%
Higher than 87% 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 Beulah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20231/beulah/topic/community