7.0% ▼ -54.3%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Beveridge · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Beveridge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Beveridge compared to similar areas. While only 7.0% of residents give their time to volunteering, a very high 39.1% are providing unpaid care for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.0% of people here volunteer, which is among the lowest for this area type and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid child care is very common here, with 39.1% of people doing so, far above the Victorian average of 26.3%. In contrast, the 11.0% of people providing other forms of unpaid care is lower than in most areas.
11.0% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
39.1% ▲ +39.8%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.8% ▼ -19.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 19.8%
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 1.6% of the population, which is lower than in most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 62% 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 Beveridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20233/beveridge/topic/community