17.7% ▲ +5.2%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Beaconsfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Beaconsfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Beaconsfield spend their time caring for children without pay. This highlights a community where unpaid family work and local volunteering are common parts of daily life.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.7% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the Western Australian figure and well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is more common here than in most areas, with 14.2% of people helping others and 30.4% caring for children. Meanwhile, 22.1% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is slightly above the national figure.
14.2% ▲ +24.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.4% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.1% ▼ -1.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 22.1%
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 3.1% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a rate that is about the same as both the state and national figures.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Beaconsfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50086/beaconsfield/topic/community