14.5% ▼ -19.0%
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yorkeys Knob - Machans Beach · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Yorkeys Knob - Machans Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people provide unpaid care in Yorkeys Knob - Machans Beach than in most other areas. While a striking 4.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, the number of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.5% of residents volunteer, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures. This is a drop from 2011, when the rate was 17.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 21.7% of people caring for children unpaid and 17.8% doing at least 15 hours of housework. While the number of people providing general unpaid care is a little below the national figure at 10.6%, this has actually risen since 2011.
10.6% ▲ +17.5%
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.7% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.8% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 17.8%
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 people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.3% of the population having served. This is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.3%
Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Yorkeys Knob - Machans Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/306011143/yorkeys-knob-machans-beach/topic/community