9.2% ▼ -26.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Beenleigh · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Beenleigh
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few people in Beenleigh spend their spare time volunteering, with only 9.2% of residents doing so. This is well below the national figure of 14.1%, suggesting a community where fewer people are involved in formal unpaid local activities.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.2% of the population volunteers, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and well below the Queensland average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less common here, as the 17% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework and 22.3% caring for children are both well below national figures. However, 13.2% provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the Australian average of 11.9%.
13.2% ▲ +27.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.3% ▼ -15.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.0% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 17.0%
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.
About 2.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the national rate of 2.8% and just a little below the Queensland figure.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Beenleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30202/beenleigh/topic/community