9.2% —
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Surfers Paradise - North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Surfers Paradise - North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower levels of community activity mark Surfers Paradise - North compared to similar areas. Only 9.2% of people volunteer, and the area has some of the lowest rates of unpaid care and housework in the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far less common here than elsewhere, with only 9.2% of people pitching in, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The area has some of the lowest rates of unpaid work, with only 11.7% of people caring for children and 8.1% providing unpaid care. This is far below the state and national figures, and only 13.2% of people do 15 or more hours of housework.
8.1% —
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.7% —
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.2% —
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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 around the middle for similar areas. At 2.5%, it is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%, though a little below Queensland's 3.9%.
2.5%
Lower than 59% 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 Surfers Paradise - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309101561/surfers-paradise-north/topic/community