12.4% ▲ +1.5%
Lower than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Belmont (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Belmont (East Metropolitan)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Belmont has remained mostly steady since 2011, though levels of unpaid work are notably low. Only 12.4% of people here volunteer, which is a little below the national figure and lower than most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates have barely changed over the last decade, with 12.4% of residents helping out, a figure well below the Western Australian average of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people here perform unpaid work compared to other areas. Only 16.1% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, down from 18.2% in 2011, while those caring for children unpaid (24.0%) and providing general unpaid care (9.6%) are also well below state and national figures.
9.6% ▲ +7.1%
Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.0% ▲ +0.9%
Lower than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.1% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 16.1%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most areas, with 2.3% of the population having served, a figure about the same as the state and national averages.
2.3%
Lower than 69% of state electorate 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 Belmont (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED50702/belmont/topic/community