8.8% —
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Surfers Paradise - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Surfers Paradise - South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 8.8% of people in Surfers Paradise - South volunteer, which is well below the national figure. This low level of community involvement is mirrored in other areas of unpaid work and care, making it one of the least active areas in the region for these activities.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most other areas. At 8.8%, it sits well below the 14.1% seen across both 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 7.4% of people providing unpaid care. This is well below the national figure, and is consistent with the far lower number of people caring for children unpaid (13.2%) compared to the 26.3% average across Australia.
7.4% —
Lower than 93% 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.
13.2% —
Lower than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.9% —
Lower than 96% 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.
About 2.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
2.0%
Lower than 73% 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 - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309101562/surfers-paradise-south/topic/community