11.4% ▼ -23.6%
Lower than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gold Coast · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Gold Coast
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 11.4% of people in Gold Coast volunteer, which is much lower than most other areas. This reflects a decline in community volunteering over the last decade, while unpaid care for children remains a common part of daily life for over a quarter of the population.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped by 3.5 percentage points since 2011. The current rate of 11.4% is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.1% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than most areas and roughly the same as the national figure. Meanwhile, 10.6% provide other unpaid care, a rate that has risen slightly since 2011.
10.6% ▲ +11.7%
Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% ▼ -6.0%
Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 19.3%
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 less common here than in most other areas. The 2.7% of residents who have served in the Defence Force is a little below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
2.7%
Lower than 60% of council (lga) 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 Gold Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA33430/gold-coast/topic/community