3.6% ▼ -57.5%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Beswick · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Beswick
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive gap exists between Beswick and the rest of the country when it comes to unpaid work. While very few people volunteer, an incredibly high number of residents provide unpaid care for children and their homes. This creates a community profile where domestic duties far outweigh formal volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 3.6% of people in Beswick volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and far below the 14.1% seen across the Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid domestic work is very common here, with 71.5% of people caring for children and 46.4% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly. Both figures are far above the Northern Territory and national rates, while 21.0% provide other unpaid care, which is well above the national figure.
21.0% ▲ +71.6%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
71.5% ▲ +27.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.3%
- 2016: 56.8%
- 2021: 71.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
46.4% ▲ +810.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 46.4%
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.
Just 1.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and well below the Northern Territory average of 5.2%.
1.0%
Lower than 67% 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 Beswick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70031/beswick/topic/community