15.6% ▼ -32.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bellenden Ker · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bellenden Ker
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Lower levels of community involvement are common in Bellenden Ker compared to most similar areas. While 15.6% of people volunteer, the local rates for unpaid care and former defence service are generally lower than the figures seen in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.6% of people in Bellenden Ker volunteer, which is a little above the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much lower than most areas at 18.8%, falling well below the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 22.4% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, and 11.5% provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the Queensland average.
11.5% ▼ -5.8%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.8% ▼ -38.4%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% ▼ -21.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 22.4%
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.
Very few people here have served in the Defence Force, at 1.6%, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures.
1.6%
Lower than 63% 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 Bellenden Ker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30216/bellenden-ker/topic/community