11.5% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 75% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gold Coast · Region (SA4)
Community Participation in Gold Coast
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have dropped by 3.6 percentage points since 2011 in the Gold Coast, where only 11.5% of people now volunteer. This is much lower than most other areas. While community giving has declined, unpaid care for children remains common, with 26.1% of residents providing this support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.5% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children involves 26.1% of the population, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures. Other forms of unpaid work are less common, with 19.5% doing 15 or more hours of housework and 10.6% providing general unpaid care.
10.6% ▲ +11.7%
Lower than 72% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 53% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.5% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 67% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 19.5%
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 seen in 2.8% of the population, a figure that is about the same as the national average but a little below Queensland's 3.9%.
2.8%
Lower than 57% of region (sa4) 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 Gold Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/309/gold-coast/topic/community