6.8% ▼ -77.7%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Beveridge · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Beveridge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 41.4% of people in Beveridge provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure. While many residents focus on caring for children, very few engage in formal volunteering compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.8% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below the Victorian average of 13.3%. This represents a sharp drop from 2011, when 30.3% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major priority here, with 41.4% of people providing unpaid care for children, up 21 points since 2011. In contrast, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework fell to 19.4%, and 10.9% provide other forms of unpaid care.
10.9% ▲ +8.0%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
41.4% ▲ +98.3%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 41.4%
- 2021: 41.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% ▼ -27.5%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 19.4%
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 uncommon in the area, with only 1.6% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 89% 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 Beveridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215013/beveridge/topic/community