21.5% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bellerive · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bellerive
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Bellerive has remained strong, with a notably high proportion of people giving their time to others. More than one in five residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This spirit of service is seen across unpaid care and former defence roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.5% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well above both the Tasmanian (18.0%) and Australian (14.1%) averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 14.8% of residents providing care and 27.1% looking after children, both figures being a little above the state average. Meanwhile, 20.6% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is lower than most areas.
14.8% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▼ -16.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 20.6%
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 much more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.5% of the population having served, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
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 Bellerive [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60039/bellerive/topic/community