12.4% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Beldon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Beldon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Beldon has shifted over the last decade, with a particular focus on family needs. While unpaid childcare is very common here, fewer residents are volunteering compared to other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.4% of people in Beldon volunteer, 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.
Care for children is a major activity here, with 32.0% of residents providing unpaid childcare—a figure well above the national 26.3%. However, other forms of unpaid care are less common, as the 9.6% who provide general unpaid care is much lower than in most areas.
9.6% ▲ +10.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.0% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▼ -0.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 21.1%
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 has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
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 Beldon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50102/beldon/topic/community