15.9% ▼ -27.5%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Beaconsfield Upper · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Beaconsfield Upper
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much more unpaid work is done at home in Beaconsfield Upper than in most areas. A striking 33.6% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. While many residents help out at home, a smaller share of the community now spends their time volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.9% of people volunteer, which is a little above the state and national figures. This is a decline from 2011, when 21.9% of residents were volunteers.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Daily home life involves significant unpaid effort, with 26.9% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the national average. This sits alongside a high rate of unpaid childcare and 13.6% of people providing other forms of unpaid care.
13.6% ▲ +15.6%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.6% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.9%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.9% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 26.9%
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.
Only 1.8% of people here have served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most other areas.
1.8%
Lower than 88% 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 Beaconsfield Upper [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215010/beaconsfield-upper/topic/community