12.7% ▼ -17.8%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Burleigh Heads · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Burleigh Heads
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer residents in Burleigh Heads spend their spare time on unpaid care or community work compared to other parts of the country. Only 12.7% of people volunteer, and the number of people providing unpaid care is much lower than in most other Australian areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Burleigh Heads has fallen by 2.8 percentage points since 2011. At 12.7%, this is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much less common here than in most areas. Only 20.3% of people care for children unpaid and 16.5% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, both figures being well below the national average.
9.6% ▼ -0.5%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.3% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.5% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 16.5%
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.
About 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the national figure and around the middle for similar areas.
2.8%
Lower than 52% 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 Burleigh Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309011225/burleigh-heads/topic/community