9.4% ▼ -27.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bells Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bells Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer than 10% of people volunteer in Bells Creek, making it a place where residents are much less likely to give their spare time to community groups than in most other areas. While volunteering is low, there is a notably high presence of former or current Defence Force members compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.4% of residents volunteer, which is well below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%. This level of participation is much lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon here, with only 4.5% of people providing it—a figure well below the national average of 11.9%. However, 24% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
4.5% ▼ -60.2%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.9% ▼ -24.2%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% ▲ +9.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 24.0%
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.
A higher number of people have served in the Defence Force here than in most other areas. At 4.9%, this is a little above the Queensland figure of 3.9% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.9%
Higher than 80% 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 Bells Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30222/bells-creek/topic/community