18.2% ▼ -33.9%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Beaufort · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Beaufort
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in Beaufort have dropped significantly since 2011, though the town remains more active than most of the country. While 18.2% of people still volunteer, this is down from 27.5% a decade ago. The area also sees much lower rates of unpaid childcare than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.2% of residents volunteer, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%. However, this is a notable decline from 2011, when more than a quarter of the town volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much lower here than in most areas, with only 18.7% of people providing this care. This is well below the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 20.7% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, which is about the same as the national average.
12.3% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.7% ▼ -25.5%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 20.7%
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.
A much higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 5.2%, this is well above the 2.0% seen across Victoria and a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
5.2%
Higher than 80% 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 Beaufort [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215011/beaufort/topic/community