43.2% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 43.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bella Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bella Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
43.2% of people in Bella Creek volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This level of community involvement is among the highest for similar areas. Residents are also much more likely to have served in the Defence Force compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 43.2% of residents giving their time. This is 29 percentage points higher than the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 45.5% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 25% care for children unpaid, and 9.1% provide other unpaid care, which is a little below the state and national averages.
9.1% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
45.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 45.5%
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.
Defence service is well represented in Bella Creek, where 9.1% of people have served. This is more than three times the national rate of 2.8%.
9.1%
Higher than 94% 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 Bella Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30212/bella-creek/topic/community