19.3% ▼ -22.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Diamond Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Diamond Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community engagement has remained a steady part of life in Diamond Beach, where local residents are far more likely to volunteer than those in other parts of the country. Nearly one in five people here give their time to help others, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.3% of residents are volunteers, a rate that is well above both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a significant part of life here, with 33.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid work a week, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. Around 12.5% provide unpaid care and 25.8% care for children, both of which are about the same as the state and national averages.
12.5% ▼ -0.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.5% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 33.5%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 2.9%, which is about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality 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 Diamond Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11253/diamond-beach/topic/community