19.8% ▼ -46.1%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.7%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bell · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Bell
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people volunteer in Bell (L) than in most similar areas, with 19.8% of residents giving their time. While this is well above the national figure of 14.1%, the number of volunteers has fallen by 17 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.8% of people here volunteer, which is well above the Queensland and Australian figure of 14.1%. This is higher than most similar areas, although the rate has dropped since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare here than in most areas, at 21.3%. Around 23.3% do 15 or more hours of housework a week, while 11.4% provide other unpaid care, a figure about the same as the state average.
11.4% ▼ -19.9%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.3% ▼ -23.0%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 23.3%
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 more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.0% of people having served. This is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8% and about the same as Queensland's 3.9%.
4.0%
Higher than 62% 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 Bell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322014/bell/topic/community