23.4% ▼ -9.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bellevue Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bellevue Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well over a quarter of residents in Bellevue Heights volunteer their time, a rate far higher than the rest of the country. This community is particularly active in giving back, with volunteering and unpaid care figures that outpace both state and national trends.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.4% of people here volunteer, which is well above the 17.0% seen in South Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 27.7% of people caring for children and 25.3% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, both of which are well above the national figures. Those providing some form of unpaid care make up 13.4% of the population, which is a little above the Australian average.
13.4% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.3% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 25.3%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 4.1% of residents having served in the Defence Force compared to 2.8% nationally.
4.1%
Higher than 72% 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 Bellevue Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40092/bellevue-heights/topic/community