20.4% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Burleigh · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Burleigh
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over one in five people in Burleigh volunteer their time, making it a place with very high community involvement. While unpaid care roles are less common here than in other areas, the strong drive to volunteer stands out as the defining feature of local participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.4% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia. This rate of volunteering is higher than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than elsewhere, with only 10.2% of people providing unpaid care. This is a little below the national figure of 11.9%, and the rate of people caring for children is well below the Australian average.
10.2% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.4% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.4% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 18.4%
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.
No one in Burleigh has served in the Defence Force. This is well below the Queensland rate of 3.9% and lower than most other areas.
0.0%
Lower 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 Burleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30444/burleigh/topic/community