51.0% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.7%
- 2016: 66.4%
- 2021: 51.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Beacon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Beacon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than half of the people in Beacon now volunteer their time, a figure that has grown since 2011. This high level of community involvement is seen across the board, with many residents providing unpaid care for children and others in the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A striking 51% of residents volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1% and among the highest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 31.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the 20.7% national figure. This is alongside a higher than usual rate of people providing unpaid care for children (29.6%) and other people (17.3%).
17.3% ▲ +169.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.6% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 52.6%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.6% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 31.6%
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 3.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is higher than in most other areas.
3.7%
Higher than 66% 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 Beacon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50085/beacon/topic/community