32.1% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.1%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Belcong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Belcong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people pitch in to help others in Belcong than in most other parts of the country. This is a highly active area where 32.1% of residents volunteer, a figure that is far above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 32.1% of people giving their time. This is 18 percentage points higher than the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life for many, with 42.9% of people caring for children and 35.7% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly. Both figures are far above the national averages, while the 17.9% who provide other unpaid care is also well above the rest of the country.
17.9% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
42.9% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.7% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 35.7%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is well below the 3.9% seen in Queensland and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Belcong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30208/belcong/topic/community