23.4% ▼ -9.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Beaumont · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Beaumont
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of community involvement defines Beaumont, where residents volunteer at rates well above the state and national figures. This spirit of contribution is most evident in the 23.4% of people who give their time to others, a figure far higher than the national average of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one quarter of the population volunteers here. At 23.4%, this is well above the 17.0% seen across South Australia and the 14.1% recorded nationally.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is very common, with 32.7% of people providing this support, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. About 24.4% of residents also do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, while 12.8% provide general unpaid care, which is about the same as the state average.
12.8% ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.7% ▲ +26.0%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 24.4%
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.
About 2.8% of people in the area have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Beaumont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40085/beaumont/topic/community