12.6% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Airlie Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Airlie Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Airlie Beach has seen a shift in how people spend their spare time, with a small number of residents now giving their time to others. Only 12.6% of people here volunteer, and very few residents provide unpaid care for children or the elderly compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are much lower than most areas, with 12.6% of residents pitching in, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very rare here; only 9.2% of people care for children and 4.4% provide general unpaid care, figures that are far below the Queensland and Australian averages.
4.4% ▼ -4.6%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
9.2% ▼ -22.0%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.5% ▼ -9.0%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 10.5%
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 higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas, with 3.3% of residents having served, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Airlie Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30016/airlie-beach/topic/community