10.5% ▼ -21.9%
Lower than 84% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Surfers Paradise · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Surfers Paradise
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people in Surfers Paradise volunteer or provide unpaid care compared to the rest of the state. Only 10.5% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that has fallen since 2011. This lack of local community participation extends to unpaid care and housework, which are both well below national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower than in most areas, with only 10.5% of people participating. This is well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%, and the rate has fallen by 3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is among the lowest at this level, with only 17.2% of people caring for children and 15.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework. These figures are well below the state and national averages, while the 9.0% of people providing other unpaid care is a little below the national 11.9%.
9.0% ▲ +12.5%
Lower than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.2% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 92% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.3% ▼ -1.2%
Lower than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 15.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.4% of the population. This is lower than most areas and a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%, though it is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.4%
Lower than 66% 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 Surfers Paradise [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30910/surfers-paradise/topic/community