11.7% ▲ +7.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Beckenham · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Beckenham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Around 27% of people in Beckenham provide unpaid child care, which is the most common form of community contribution here. While child care is steady, other types of unpaid work and volunteering are notably less common than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.7% of residents volunteer their time, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is generally less common here than elsewhere, with only 9.6% of people providing care and 17.5% doing over 15 hours of housework, both of which are much lower than most areas.
9.6% ▲ +4.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.9% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.5% ▼ -16.2%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 17.5%
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 also less common in Beckenham, where 1.7% of people have served, a figure a little below the national and state averages of around 2.8% to 2.9%.
1.7%
Lower than 61% 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 Beckenham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50090/beckenham/topic/community