17.2% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Beechina · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Beechina
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people in Beechina now provide unpaid care for children compared to the rest of the state. This community shows strong engagement in both local volunteering and national service, with a notably high number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.2% of people volunteer their time, which is a little above the Western Australian figure and well above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 39.4% of people caring for children—far above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, those doing 15 or more hours of housework (17.2%) and those providing general unpaid care (8.1%) are both well below the national average.
8.1% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
39.4% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.2% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 17.2%
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.
The number of people who served in the Defence Force is among the highest for areas of this size, at 7.5%, which is well above the 2.8% national figure.
7.5%
Higher than 90% 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 Beechina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50094/beechina/topic/community