13.6% ▲ +13.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bellevue · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bellevue
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher-than-usual share of residents in Bellevue have served in the Defence Force. While volunteering is slightly lower than the state average, more people here provide unpaid care compared to most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.6% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 13.9% of residents providing this support, which is well above the state figure of 10.7%. However, fewer people do a lot of housework or care for children unpaid compared to the national average.
13.9% ▲ +36.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.8% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 18.8%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.5% of the population, a figure that is much higher than most areas and a little above the Australian average.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Bellevue [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50104/bellevue/topic/community