11.8% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Beach Holm · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Beach Holm
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong history of military service defines daily life in Beach Holm, where 12.1% of people have served in the Defence Force. While few people here provide unpaid care for others, a high proportion of residents spend significant time on housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower than in most similar areas, with only 11.8% of people pitching in, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.5% of people provide unpaid childcare, matching the state and national figures. However, 35.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%, while no one here provides other types of unpaid care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▲ +76.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.3% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 35.3%
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.
Defence service is very common here, with 12.1% of the population having served, a figure well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
12.1%
Higher than 99% 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 Beach Holm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30189/beach-holm/topic/community