18.1% ▼ -40.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Beverford · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Beverford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local spirit and helping hands shape daily life in Beverford, where 18.1% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure, showing a strong commitment to community activities.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.1% of people in Beverford volunteer their time. This is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% recorded across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 27.4% of residents provide unpaid childcare—a bit higher than the national figure—only 9.6% provide other types of unpaid care, which is much lower than in most areas.
9.6% ▼ -40.2%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.4% ▼ -16.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 21.1%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most other areas, with 1.9% of people having served, which is about the same as the Victorian average of 2.0%.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Beverford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20232/beverford/topic/community