13.8% ▼ -39.4%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Beechwood · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Beechwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Unpaid care is much more common in Beechwood than in most similar areas. While volunteering has declined, a striking 33.2% of people here provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This suggests a community where a large portion of residents are focused on home and family responsibilities.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.8% of people volunteer, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the state and national figures. This represents a significant drop from 2011, when 22.7% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family care is a major part of life here, with 33.2% of people caring for children unpaid and 30.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both well above the national average. General unpaid care is a little above the national figure at 13.4%.
13.4% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.2% ▲ +14.2%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 33.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.1% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 30.1%
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 3.5% of the population, which is around the middle for its level and a little above the New South Wales figure.
3.5%
Lower than 52% of urban centre 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 Beechwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121004/beechwood/topic/community