20.9% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Belgian Gardens · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Belgian Gardens
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Belgian Gardens volunteer their time, reflecting a strong trend of community involvement that has grown since 2011. This high level of local activity is paired with a notably strong history of military service. These figures show a community that is significantly more engaged in public and national service than most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 20.9% of residents giving their time. This is well above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.6% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the national figure. Meanwhile, those providing other unpaid care or doing heavy housework are less common here than in most other areas.
11.7% ▲ +33.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% ▼ -11.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 20.3%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is among the highest for areas of this size, with 7.6% of residents having served. This is well above the 3.9% seen across Queensland and the 2.8% national average.
7.6%
Higher than 90% 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 Belgian Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30209/belgian-gardens/topic/community