19.7% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lower Beechmont · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lower Beechmont
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Lower Beechmont give their time to volunteering, making it a place where locals are very active in helping others. This spirit of service is seen across the board, with high rates of unpaid housework and a strong presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.7% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care roles are common here, with 28.9% of people looking after children unpaid and 26.7% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, both figures well above the national average. However, the 11.3% of people providing other unpaid care is lower than most areas and about the same as the state figure.
11.3% ▲ +8.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.9% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.7% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 26.7%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most areas, with 5.0% of residents having served in the Defence Force, a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.0%
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 Lower Beechmont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31689/lower-beechmont/topic/community