11.8% ▼ -2.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Belmont · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Belmont
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer residents in Belmont engage in unpaid work and volunteering compared to other parts of the country. Only 11.8% of people here volunteer, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%. This trend carries through to unpaid care and housework, where local rates are much lower than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most areas, with only 11.8% of residents giving their time. This is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than usual in Belmont. For example, only 22.0% of people care for children unpaid, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 28.5%.
9.4% ▲ +10.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.0% ▲ +2.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.0% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 15.0%
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 2.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.2%
Lower 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 Belmont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50105/belmont/topic/community