14.7% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
ACT Remainder - Belconnen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in ACT Remainder - Belconnen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care or support in ACT Remainder - Belconnen compared to the rest of the territory. Only 14.7% of residents volunteer, which is well below the territory figure and mirrors the national average. This area shows a very low level of community and household support work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteers make up 14.7% of the population, which is lower than most areas and well below the ACT's 18.4%, though it is about the same as the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very low here, with 0.0% of people providing unpaid care and only 8.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework. This is far below both the territory and national figures, including a 14 point gap for those caring for children unpaid.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.7% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
8.8% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 8.8%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 0.0% of the population, which is lower than most areas and well below the territory's 6.0%.
0.0%
Lower 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 ACT Remainder - Belconnen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80001/act-remainder-belconnen/topic/community