19.0% ▼ -29.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Beechmont · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Beechmont
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Beechmont volunteer their time, a figure well above the national rate. This community is more active in unpaid work than most, though it has far fewer people caring for children compared to the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% recorded across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are far more common here at 30.9%, while 14.6% provide other unpaid care. This is higher than most areas, even though the rate of people caring for children is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
14.6% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.2% ▼ -29.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.9% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 30.9%
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.
Those who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.8% of the population, which is higher than in most similar areas.
3.8%
Higher than 68% 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).
More for Beechmont
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Beechmont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30198/beechmont/topic/community