14.6% ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Belconnen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Belconnen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Low rates of unpaid care and housework set Belconnen apart from most similar areas. While about 14.6% of people volunteer, this is well below the ACT figure of 18.4%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most areas and well below the ACT figure, though it is about the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving and housework are much less common here than elsewhere. Only 14.4% of people provide unpaid childcare and 6.3% provide other unpaid care, both of which are well below the ACT and national figures. Similarly, 12.1% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, among the lowest rates for this level.
6.3% ▼ -10.3%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.4% ▼ -0.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.1% ▲ +6.8%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 12.1%
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 3.4% of the population, which is higher than most areas and about the same as the national figure.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Belconnen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80024/belconnen/topic/community