17.7% ▼ -12.0%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Noosa Heads · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Noosa Heads
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of volunteering than the state average defines community life in Noosa Heads. While 17.7% of residents give their time to help others, far fewer people here provide unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.7% of people helping out, which is well above the 14.1% national figure. However, this is 2.4 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 19.3% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a figure well below the 26.3% national average. Meanwhile, 22.9% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is a little above the national figure.
10.5% ▲ +19.0%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.3% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 22.9%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.2% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the 2.8% national figure.
3.2%
Higher 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 Noosa Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/316051434/noosa-heads/topic/community