17.1% ▼ -22.1%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bellingham · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bellingham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of residents in Bellingham perform heavy unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average. While many people contribute to their community, the area is marked by a very low rate of unpaid childcare and a strong presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.1% of people here volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and slightly lower than the Tasmania figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon here, with only 10% of people providing care and far fewer residents looking after children compared to the rest of Australia. In contrast, 28.6% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is well above the national figure.
10.0% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.9% ▼ -58.8%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% ▼ -16.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 28.6%
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.
A much higher proportion of people in Bellingham have served in the Defence Force than in most other areas, with 4.4% of residents having served.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Bellingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60040/bellingham/topic/community