12.3% ▼ -14.2%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Broadbeach Waters · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Broadbeach Waters
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 12.3% of people in Broadbeach Waters volunteer their time, which is much lower than in most other areas. This suggests a local community where fewer residents are involved in formal unpaid activities compared to the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in other similar areas, with only 12.3% of people pitching in, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian rates of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 23.6% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a little below the national figure of 26.3%. Other forms of unpaid work are also less common than in most areas, with 11.3% providing general care and 20.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework per week.
11.3% ▲ +7.7%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.6% ▼ -1.9%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 20.6%
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 2.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for its level and about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Broadbeach Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30381/broadbeach-waters/topic/community