15.4% ▼ -25.3%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Belvedere · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Belvedere
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well over 30% of people in Belvedere (L) provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is well above the state and national averages. This highlights a community focused on family support, though overall volunteer rates have dropped since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.4% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most similar areas. While this is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%, the rate has fallen by 5.2 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care for children is common, with 30.8% of people doing so unpaid, though this is down 8.4 points from 2011. Conversely, those doing 15 or more hours of housework (20.6%) and those providing other unpaid care (9.5%) are both much lower than in most other areas.
9.5% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.8% ▼ -21.4%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 39.2%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▼ -31.0%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 20.6%
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 1.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is among the lowest rates for this type of area. This is a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9% and the national average of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 90% 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).
More for Belvedere
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Belvedere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321010/belvedere/topic/community