Belyuen · Suburb / Locality

Community Participation in Belyuen

How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.

Daily life in Belyuen involves very little formal community or unpaid work compared to other areas. No one in the community reported volunteering, and the rates of unpaid care and housework are significantly lower than both the Territory and national figures.

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Where Belyuen sits — Volunteers

0.0% ▼ -100.0%
  • 0.0%–1.8%: 241 areas
  • 1.8%–3.6%: 57 areas
  • 3.6%–5.4%: 119 areas
  • 5.4%–7.1%: 263 areas
  • 7.1%–8.9%: 469 areas
  • 8.9%–10.7%: 671 areas
  • 10.7%–12.5%: 935 areas
  • 12.5%–14.3%: 1212 areas
  • 14.3%–16.1%: 1222 areas
  • 16.1%–17.9%: 1127 areas
  • 17.9%–19.6%: 1134 areas
  • 19.6%–21.4%: 962 areas
  • 21.4%–23.2%: 792 areas
  • 23.2%–25.0%: 619 areas
  • 25.0%–26.8%: 546 areas
  • 26.8%–28.6%: 424 areas
  • 28.6%–30.4%: 402 areas
  • 30.4%–32.1%: 275 areas
  • 32.1%–33.9%: 259 areas
  • 33.9%–35.7%: 189 areas
  • 35.7%–37.5%: 181 areas
  • 37.5%–39.3%: 141 areas
  • 39.3%–41.1%: 95 areas
  • 41.1%–42.9%: 84 areas
  • 42.9%–44.6%: 83 areas
  • 44.6%–46.4%: 75 areas
  • 46.4%–48.2%: 55 areas
  • 48.2%–50.0%: 264 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Belyuen — lower than 99% of areas.

Volunteers compared with the state and national average
Belyuen0.0%
0822, NT 8.2%
Northern Territory 14.1%
Australia 14.1%

Participation

Volunteering for organisations and groups.

Not a single person in Belyuen reported volunteering, a figure that is far below the 14.1% seen across the Northern Territory and Australia.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.7%
  • 2016: 12.2%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.

Unpaid care & work

Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.

Only 8.7% of people provide unpaid care, and just 4.8% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, both of which are far below national levels. This includes those caring for children unpaid, at 20.6%, which is well below the 26.3% typical for Australia.

8.7% ▼ -43.3%

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 15.4%
  • 2016: 11.5%
  • 2021: 8.7%

Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.

20.6% ▼ -48.8%

Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 40.3%
  • 2016: 41.2%
  • 2021: 20.6%

Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.

4.8% ▲ +2.4%

Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.7%
  • 2016: 17.6%
  • 2021: 4.8%

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.

There are no people in Belyuen who have served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Northern Territory rate of 5.2%.

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 Belyuen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70028/belyuen/topic/community