25.9% ▼ -23.4%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bell · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bell
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Bell, where 25.9% of people volunteer. This level of community involvement is far above the national figure of 14.1%. Residents here are much more likely to give their time to local causes than people in most other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25.9% of residents helping out. This is far above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia, and is much higher than in most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 24.5% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—the rate of those caring for children unpaid is well below the national average at 22.2%. Unpaid care for others is about the same as the state and national figures at 11%.
11.0% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.2% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% ▼ -20.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 24.5%
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 4.6% of the population, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Bell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30211/bell/topic/community