12.8% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bellamack · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bellamack
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high number of Defence Force veterans live in Bellamack, where 12.4% of residents have served. While many people here provide unpaid childcare, other forms of community volunteering and care are much less common than in most areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.8% of people in Bellamack volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 33.3% of people providing this care—well above the Australian figure of 26.3%. In contrast, people providing other forms of unpaid care or doing significant housework are much less common than in most areas.
8.4% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.9%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.6% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 16.6%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 12.4%, among the highest at this level and well above the national figure of 2.8%.
12.4%
Higher than 99% 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 Bellamack [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70027/bellamack/topic/community