11.0% ▼ -27.5%
Lower than 82% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Southport · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Southport
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people spend their spare time on community or family support roles in Southport than in most other areas. Only 11% of the population volunteers, a figure that has fallen since 2011. This trend of lower involvement extends across both formal volunteering and unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 11% of residents volunteer their time, which is well below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%. This is a significant drop from 2011, when 15.2% of people volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in most areas. Only 20% of people provide unpaid childcare and 16.3% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are well below the national figures.
9.7% ▲ +5.9%
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.0% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 88% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.3% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 87% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 16.3%
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 2.4% of people in Southport have served in the Defence Force. This is lower than in most other areas and a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
2.4%
Lower than 67% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Southport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30909/southport/topic/community